Dems push for House select committee after Senate Republicans derail bipartisan probe into January 6 attack

Dems push for House select committee after Senate Republicans derail bipartisan probe into January 6 attack

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made clear repeatedly that moving to create a select committee has always remained a fallback option — something that would require the support of a majority of the Democratic-led House to create. And a number of Democrats said on Friday that they believe Pelosi will indeed create the new committee — and that the caucus would strongly support such an effort.

“That’s her next move,” one senior House Democrat said Friday.

Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat who served as an impeachment manager in former President Donald Trump’s second trial, said the Senate should…

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