Making a new committee to highlight Loudermilk’s work, which included a report suggesting that former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney be charged by the FBI, keeps the Republican campaign to keep President Donald Trump from being held responsible for the violence on January 6 in the spotlight.
A new U.S. House subcommittee will investigate the events that took place before and after Jan. 6, 2021, which could involve requiring former
President Donald Trump tore into former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney on Monday after she received a last-minute pardon from former President Joe Biden.
House Republican leaders announced the plan days after Trump issued pardons for rioters. The aim is to reexamine the 2021 Capitol attack.
Rep. Barry Loudermilk has already conducted an investigation of his own regarding the events, which are at odds with the findings of the original committee.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, on his end, praised Loudermilk's previous work, while the Georgia Rep. said he is looking forward to "continue to uncover all the facts and begin the arduous task of making needed reforms to ensure this level of security failure may never happen again."
House Speaker Mike Johnson has formed a select subcommittee to further investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, assaults on the U.S. Capitol, while Rep. Barry Loudermilk has released an interim report on the
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said he will establish a new select subcommittee that will probe the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — and likely dig into the now-defunct Jan. 6 select
The House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol publicly released hundreds of documents, contrary to Trump's claim.
Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson was a key witness for the January 6 Select Committee in 2022, and in 2024, she was among the conservative Republicans who said she would be voting for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris for president.
Federal prosecutors charged more than 40 Georgians with participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. President Donald Trump granted clemency to all of them.
President Donald Trump has kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and more.