Republicans and Democrats Both Claim Victory Over Jan. 6 Committee Debacle

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• After Pelosi rejects 2 ardent Trumpists from Jan. 6 panel, Republicans pull out of select committee Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) speaks at a news conference on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to reject two of Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s selected members from serving on the committee investigating the Jan. 6 riots on July 21, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Speaker Pelosi announced she would be rejecting Rep. Jim Banks and Rep. Jim Jordan’s assignment to the committee. | Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesRep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., wants House Speaker Pelosi to be a focus of the probe. “There were…
• Pelosi block Trump allies from Jan. 6 panel, GOP may boycott By MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday rejected two Republicans tapped by House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, a decision McCarthy denounced as “an egregious abuse of power.” McCarthy said the GOP won’t participate the investigation if Democrats won’t accept the members he appointed. Pelosi cited the “integrity” of the probe in refusing to accept the appointments of Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, picked by…
• McCarthy proposes 5 Republicans to sit on Jan. 6 panel House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has picked five Republicans to sit on the new select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, signaling that Republicans will participate in the investigation that they have staunchly opposed. McCarthy has selected Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, who recently visited former President Donald Trump on trips to the U.S.-Mexico border and Trump's New Jersey golf club, to be the top Republican on the panel, according to a Republican familiar with the decision…
• McCarthy proposes 5 Republicans to sit on Jan. 6 panel House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy has picked five Republicans to sit on the new select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, signaling that Republicans will participate in the investigation that they have staunchly opposed. McCarthy has selected Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, who recently visited former President Donald Trump on trips to the U.S.-Mexico border and Trump's New Jersey golf club, to be the top Republican on the panel, according to a Republican familiar with the decision…
• Pelosi scoffed at House GOP leader McCarthy floating GOP-only investigation into Jan. 6: 'Perhaps you mistake me for somebody who would care about that' The committee will consist of 13 members that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will select, with five of those choices made in consultation with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. Getty Images Nancy Pelosi rejected two GOP picks for the January 6 commission - Reps. Jim Jordan and Jim Banks. Kevin McCarthy rebuked her veto, floating the possibility of creating a GOP-only investigation. Pelosi responded: "Perhaps you mistake me for somebody who would care about that." See more stories on Insider's business…
• A White House official and a Pelosi aide both tested positive for COVID-19 after attending same reception House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) arrives for an event on Capitol Hill on April 14, 2021. AP Photo/Susan Walsh A White House official and an aide to Pelosi have both tested positive for COVID-19, per Axios. The Pelosi aide led a group of Texas state Democratic legislators around the Capitol this week. The White House official and the Pelosi aide attended the same reception last week. Sign up for the 10 Things in Politics daily newsletter. A Biden White House…
• Rep. Rodney Davis, tapped for Jan. 6 panel, thrust in highest profile assignment of his House career Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., was recommended by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to be on the House select Jan. 6 investigation committee. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesSaid Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., Davis will “be a fair arbiter. …I’ve never heard him defending what happened on Jan. 6; that’s good.” WASHINGTON — Until now, Illinois GOP Rep. Rodney Davis has been able to effectively straddle the divide between Trump loyalists and the Republicans who speak out against former President Donald Trump’s…
• The GOP Isn’t Sending Their Best, and Pelosi Isn’t Having It Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily BeastThe Jan. 6 investigation, yet to begin, has already met more Republican resistance than the actual insurrection it’s meant to investigate but nevertheless Nancy Pelosi is persisting. First, the Speaker couldn’t get the bipartisan commission she wanted because Mitch McConnell deemed that “It’s not at all clear what new facts or additional investigation yet another commission could lay on top of the existing efforts by law enforcement and Congress.” That’s a fancy way for Cocaine…
• US Capitol riot: Police officers to testify at first meeting of the January 6 select committee Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they try to storm the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images The US House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack holds its first hearing July 27. The committee was created after Republicans defeated an effort to create an independent commission. It has 13 members, but only eight have been named thus far. Rep. Liz Cheney is the lone Republican. See more…
• City Council to vote Wednesday on civilian oversight panel for Chicago Police The Chicago City Council will vote Wednesday on an ordinance that would create a civilian oversight panel to oversee the Police Department. | Scott Olson, Getty12-8 vote by Public Safety Committee moves the oversight panel to council floor some six years after it first was proposed. City Council members Wednesday will vote on the creation of a civilian board to oversee the Chicago Police Department, a key plank of the reform agenda that swept Mayor Lori Lightfoot into office more…