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BumRushDaShow

(160,105 posts)
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 05:42 AM Sep 4

House Republicans approve new panel to 'uncover all the facts' of January 6 attack

Source: The Guardian

Wed 3 Sep 2025 18.06 EDT
First published on Wed 3 Sep 2025 18.02 EDT


House Republicans have voted to establish a new subcommittee to reinvestigate the January 6 attack, a move that comes as Donald Trump has tried to rewrite the history of the most violent incident in US Capitol history.

Language to set up the Republican-led subcommittee was folded into a larger rule that passed along party lines. The new subcommittee follows Republican claims that the previous Democratic-led committee was biased against Trump.

The vote comes seven months after House speaker Mike Johnson first announced the new subcommittee in January, saying that it will “uncover the full truth that is owed to the American people”. On his first day in office, Trump issued 1,500 “full, complete and unconditional” presidential pardons to people who were involved in the attack, including those who were convicted of violent acts.

The new Republican-led subcommittee will be chaired by Barry Loudermilk of Georgia, who will have full subpoena authority. When Loudermilk formally introduced the resolution to establish the subcommittee in July, Johnson said: “House Republicans remain intent on delivering the answers that House Democrats skipped over.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/03/republicans-capitol-january-6-attack



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House Republicans approve new panel to 'uncover all the facts' of January 6 attack (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 4 OP
So. Looking into the gang at the Willard Hotel? Captain Zero Sep 4 #1
Time to put Ginni back in the spotlight. Upjumpdadebil Sep 4 #10
How about the gang at the White House ? republianmushroom Sep 4 #15
They will have to declare that no crimes were committed to justify Trump's pardons. Can't see how this will Doodley Sep 4 #2
It will be good for trump because republicans will do their best to rewrite history, they will blame Joe Biden Escurumbele Sep 4 #7
They can fool some of the people some of the time, but if they don't find wrong doing on the part of Doodley Sep 4 #24
Looks like it going to be Pelosi and the cop's fault underpants Sep 4 #3
Zero facts and RW kookery aplenty wolfie001 Sep 4 #4
rwnj have no future, make no future Marthe48 Sep 4 #5
More gaslighting? mdbl Sep 4 #6
Post removed Post removed Sep 4 #8
Will they be calling the tens of millions of people who viewed that attack on the Capitol as witnesses? sinkingfeeling Sep 4 #9
Waste fraud abuse Fullduplexxx Sep 4 #11
So, tourists treated poorly by the DC police or blame Pelosi? Both? Solly Mack Sep 4 #12
That's rich. greatauntoftriplets Sep 4 #13
Now comes the republican WHITEWASH. republianmushroom Sep 4 #14
Soulless ghouls. bagimin Sep 4 #16
Expect the committee to declare all arrested rioters should received restitution Bayard Sep 4 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Sep 4 #18
Oh boy. Yet ANOTHER useless Republican "investigation" for the sole purpose of pushing conspiracy theories. How many of Karasu Sep 4 #19
Deliver the "...answers that House DEMOCRATS skipped over?" Grins Sep 4 #20
This will SOOO backfire on them. Ford_Prefect Sep 4 #21
Isn't Loudermilk the guy... Chemical Bill Sep 4 #22
This will be a nothingburger... We all witnessed what happened... so,..... William Gustafson Sep 4 #23
Just to remind ourselves when Nancy Pelosi's name inevitably comes up.... electric_blue68 Sep 4 #25
I Know what I SAW, and it Wasn't friendly tourists, effin' repuglicans! electric_blue68 Sep 5 #26
MaddowBlog-Republicans launch yet another Jan. 6 probe, abandoning their 'looking forward' rhetoric LetMyPeopleVote Sep 5 #27

Captain Zero

(8,406 posts)
1. So. Looking into the gang at the Willard Hotel?
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 05:46 AM
Sep 4

Funding and running the insurrection.
I would like to learn more about that.

Upjumpdadebil

(12 posts)
10. Time to put Ginni back in the spotlight.
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 11:25 AM
Sep 4

Ginni been mighty quiet.
She was like the or at least "a" significant nexus for transportation arrangements in coordinating that whole "shebang" known as jan/6.

She & "the hubby" should have been booted out long ago. Her formative years included cult "membership".

Hubby's formative years included his trashing the EEOC as a weak attempt to hide his pitiful self-hatred.

Sadly, Joe Biden played a significant but perhaps unwitting enabler as Anita Hill tried to humbly/discreetly explain poor Ckarence's clumsy attempts at office "romance" overtures.

Regretful, well-meaning attempts to minimize public incompetence has inch-by-inch landed this country exactly where we find ourselves now.

Not being able to accept these facts doesn't change the reality of our collective circumstances.

Doodley

(11,364 posts)
2. They will have to declare that no crimes were committed to justify Trump's pardons. Can't see how this will
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 05:55 AM
Sep 4

be good for Trump.

Escurumbele

(3,896 posts)
7. It will be good for trump because republicans will do their best to rewrite history, they will blame Joe Biden
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 10:13 AM
Sep 4

for the insurrection, as if Biden's interest was to stop the confirmation, his confirmation as President of the USA.

Can anyone really expect republicans to be honest about this? Its all BS, finding ways to exculpate their cult leader.

Doodley

(11,364 posts)
24. They can fool some of the people some of the time, but if they don't find wrong doing on the part of
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 11:38 PM
Sep 4

the mob that Trump pardoned, they will look like fools.

underpants

(192,970 posts)
3. Looks like it going to be Pelosi and the cop's fault
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 06:20 AM
Sep 4

He added: “While my previous investigation did an incredible job last Congress, there is still much work to be done. Our goal is to answer the remaining questions, uncover all the facts, and implement reforms so this level of security failure never happens again. It’s time to finish the job.”

wolfie001

(6,124 posts)
4. Zero facts and RW kookery aplenty
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 08:00 AM
Sep 4

POS in the WH will def make sure of that in cahoots with his bootlickers in Congress. Stupid moronic voters.

Marthe48

(21,797 posts)
5. rwnj have no future, make no future
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 08:15 AM
Sep 4

They reboot the asked and answered, do their damnedest to rewrite the worst of their plots, descending ever deeper into a fairy tale world that is impossible to accept as reality.



mdbl

(7,353 posts)
6. More gaslighting?
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 08:41 AM
Sep 4

They are fools if they think it will make him look any better - unless they lie out their asses which is something they are so good at.

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

sinkingfeeling

(56,333 posts)
9. Will they be calling the tens of millions of people who viewed that attack on the Capitol as witnesses?
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 11:16 AM
Sep 4

I'm willing to testify.

Bayard

(26,974 posts)
17. Expect the committee to declare all arrested rioters should received restitution
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 02:25 PM
Sep 4

What a farce.

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Karasu

(2,003 posts)
19. Oh boy. Yet ANOTHER useless Republican "investigation" for the sole purpose of pushing conspiracy theories. How many of
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 03:21 PM
Sep 4

these do they have fucking going now?

Talk about waste, fraud, and abuse. The party of "fiscal conservatism" has so little respect for the taxpayer dime that they have nothing better to do than use it on rewriting history every single fucking day.

Chemical Bill

(2,914 posts)
22. Isn't Loudermilk the guy...
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 10:04 PM
Sep 4

on tape taking a group on a tour of the Capital on 9/10? And didn't one of the tour take lots of photos, and wind up on tape on the property the next day?

Just askin'....

William Gustafson

(507 posts)
23. This will be a nothingburger... We all witnessed what happened... so,.....
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 11:05 PM
Sep 4

Where are the Epstein Evidence/Files... Why are you trying to divert us with this nonsense investigation while 1000 children were abused by adults?
Keep up the pressure, people...

electric_blue68

(23,857 posts)
25. Just to remind ourselves when Nancy Pelosi's name inevitably comes up....
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 11:59 PM
Sep 4

From Google:

"The President of the United States has the sole authority to call out the National Guard in Washington D.C., as the D.C. National Guard's chain of command reports directly to the President, not a state governor. The President can also delegate this authority to the Secretary of Defense. This is a unique arrangement because, unlike state National Guards which report to their respective governors, the D.C. Guard operates under the President's direct command.".

So shut your trap, drumphf, and anyone else. 😬😑

electric_blue68

(23,857 posts)
26. I Know what I SAW, and it Wasn't friendly tourists, effin' repuglicans!
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 12:02 AM
Sep 5

What kind of lies will you spin this time. 😬

LetMyPeopleVote

(169,760 posts)
27. MaddowBlog-Republicans launch yet another Jan. 6 probe, abandoning their 'looking forward' rhetoric
Fri Sep 5, 2025, 05:03 PM
Sep 5

The GOP’s Jan. 6 probe during the last Congress was an embarrassing dud. Rather than learn an obvious lesson, the party is going to give it another try.

Republican leaders: We’re “looking forward” and leaving Jan. 6 in the rearview mirror.

Same Republican leaders: We’re launching another Jan. 6 investigation, since our last one was a pitiful embarrassment. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-09-04T19:53:20.115Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republicans-launch-yet-another-jan-6-probe-abandoning-looking-forward-rcna229034

As it happens, that wasn’t altogether true. GOP officials didn’t want to look back at Trump’s pardons in January 2025, but they most certainly want to look back at the insurrectionist violence from January 2021. Roll Call reported:

A select subcommittee to continue a Republican-led reinvestigation of the events around Jan. 6, 2021, has officially been given the green light. It’s been a long time coming for Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., who helmed a similar subpanel under the House Administration Committee last Congress and lobbied leadership for a new venue in the 119th. Roughly eight months after Loudermilk and Speaker Mike Johnson announced their intentions to form the subcommittee — and after prolonged negotiations — he’s finally cleared to get to work.


The panel will have eight members, who’ll be chosen by the House speaker, but the partisan split will not be even: The resolution said no more than three of the eight members will be appointed “in consultation” with the Democratic minority.......

In the months that followed, Loudermilk continued to engage in half-hearted efforts — he even asked the Justice Department to launch a criminal investigation into former House GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney for foolish reasons that collapsed under scrutiny — but by any fair measure, the entire endeavor was a failure.

Congressional Democrats barely bothered to push back against Loudermilk’s “investigation” for the most insulting of reasons: They saw it as too boring and pitiful to warrant a full-throated response.

And now House Republican leaders have settled on a brilliant idea: Johnson wants the same congressman who failed in his previous Jan. 6 investigation to keep going with another Jan. 6 investigation in the current Congress — all while telling the public that GOP lawmakers are “looking forward” and leaving Jan. 6 in the rearview mirror.

MAGA activists who are expecting blockbuster revelations should probably start lowering their expectations now.

The only thing that the last investigation purported to accomplish was to exonerate Loudermilk
After launching his own Jan. 6 probe, the Georgia Republican’s first step was simple: He exonerated himself.

I would not expect much from this committee
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