But Thune, a South Dakota Republican, said he assumes the bill to create the independent probe will pass “with a pretty big margin” in the House. “So my assumption at some point it gets done here in some form.”
Thune also seemed open to keeping the probe mostly focused on what happened on January 6. “I think, and again, I’m just reacting to what the reporting on what the House has done, but I think it needs to be principally focused on what happened on the sixth.”
The bill, which is expected to pass the House this week, would require the bipartisan commission to report on its findings by…
