Dems to reconvene House Jan. 6 panel on fifth anniversary of riot
Democrats to reconvene House Jan. 6 committee on fifth anniversary of Capitol riot
House Democrats will reconvene their Jan. 6 riot investigation select committee on the fifth anniversary of the incident.
The hearing will be unofficial, as House Republicans wouldn’t agree to hold a hearing largely pitched by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in partisan terms. In a letter to House Democrats, Jeffries said the hearing would highlight President Donald Trump’s mass pardoning of Jan. 6 rioters and alleged threats to election integrity from the Trump administration, as well as hear testimonies from people affected by the riot.
“At the hearing, we will examine ongoing threats to free and fair elections posed by an out-of-control Trump administration, expose the election deniers who hold high-level positions of significance in the executive branch and detail the threats to public safety posed by the hundreds of violent felons who were pardoned on the President’s first day in office,” Jeffries wrote, according to The Hill.
“We will also present a panel of members who wish to share their personal experiences from that horrific day,” he added, offering the floor to “members who wish to share their personal experiences from that horrific day.”
Jeffries also claimed Republicans had tried to rewrite history around the riot.
“In the years since that disgraceful day, far-right Republicans in Congress have repeatedly attempted to rewrite history and whitewash the events of Jan. 6,” he wrote.
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House Democrats formed a panel in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 riot to investigate and attempt to prosecute people connected to the event. The panel was joined by two dissident Republicans, former Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger. Cheney lost her next primary in a historical blowout, while Kinzinger retired before he could be ousted.
The panel sought to garner public support for prosecuting Trump and his associates in a series of sensational hearings in the summer of 2022, featuring testimonies from some former Trump allies. Trump would go on to retake the White House in 2024 with his biggest share of the vote yet, and the panel’s criminal referrals for Trump fell on deaf ears.
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