{"id":583695,"date":"2021-07-06T10:20:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T14:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=583695"},"modified":"2021-07-06T10:20:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T14:20:57","slug":"nancy-pelosi-appointed-committee-may-call-on-trump-to-testify-over-capitol-riot-top-democrat-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-appointed-committee-may-call-on-trump-to-testify-over-capitol-riot-top-democrat-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi-Appointed Committee May Call On Trump To Testify Over Capitol Riot, Top Democrat Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnancy-pelosi-appointed-committee-may-call-on-trump-to-testify-over-capitol-riot-top-democrat-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=583695&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/James-Clyburn.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot may call former President Donald Trump to testify, according to a top House Democrat.<\/p>\n<p>House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2021\/07\/04\/donald-trump-rally-reaction-sot-charges-johns-ndwknd-vpx.cnn\/video\/playlists\/this-week-in-politics\/\">CNN<\/a>&nbsp;Sunday and said the committee will call Trump \u201cif it comes to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know what happened. We know where it happened. What we don\u2019t know is why it happened and who made it happen,\u201d Clyburn said of the Capitol riot. \u201cIf it comes to [calling Trump], they should go wherever the facts lead. They may be able to get what they want and need without him testifying,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would not want to see a former president testify in such a situation as this, but if that\u2019s what it takes in order to get to the bottom of this, because this is more than any one person. This is this country,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pelosi-to-create-commission-to-investigate-jan-6-timetable-will-be-as-long-as-it-takes\">announced<\/a> June 24 that she was forming a select committee to investigate the January 6 riot after a Democratic push for a bipartisan Congressional investigation failed in the Senate to GOP resistance.<\/p>\n<p>The committee will \u201cinvestigate and report on the facts and the causes of the attack and it will report recommendations for the prevention of any future attack,\u201d Pelosi said. \u201cThe timetable will be as long as it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi\u2019s select committee is set up to include eight Democrats and one Republican named by Pelosi, and five other Republicans named by Pelosi in consultation with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). Pelosi has already picked Rep Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) to serve on the committee.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear who will fill the other GOP spots on the committee, or if they will be filled. McCarthy has threatened to strip committee assignments from any Republican member that accepts an offer from Pelosi to serve on the select committee.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the formation of Pelosi\u2019s select committee, most Republicans fought against the legislation that would have formed the committee, accusing Democrats of politicizing the riot to aid their 2022 fight to maintain control of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Department of Justice is deep into a massive criminal investigation,\u201d Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-republicans-block-january-6-commission-in-senate-first-successful-legislative-filibuster-of-biden-presidency\">said<\/a> at the time. \u201cI do not believe the additional, extraneous \u2018commission\u2019 that Democratic leaders want would uncover crucial new facts or promote healing. Frankly, I do not believe it is even designed to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why the Speaker\u2019s first draft began with a laughably rigged and partisan starting point, and why the current language would still lock-in significant unfairness under the hood,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>In the Senate, six Republicans voted for the Democratic-backed legislation: Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Rob Portman of Ohio, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Ben Sasse of Nebraska.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/liz-cheney-accepts-appointment-to-pelosis-january-6th-committee-dares-mccarthy-to-strip-assignments\">Liz Cheney Accepts Appointment To Pelosi\u2019s January 6th Committee, Dares McCarthy To Strip Assignments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot may call former President Donald Trump to testify, according to a top House Democrat.House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) appeared &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314057,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/James-Clyburn.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Nancy Pelosi-Appointed Committee May Call On Trump To Testify Over Capitol Riot, Top Democrat Says","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-583695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/James-Clyburn.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Nancy Pelosi-Appointed Committee May Call On Trump To Testify Over Capitol Riot, Top Democrat Says","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}