Jan. 6 Commission in Limbo Over Scope and GOP Charges of ‘Hardwired Partisan Slant’

Jan. 6 Commission in Limbo Over Scope and GOP Charges of ‘Hardwired Partisan Slant’
Protesters clash with police at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Julio Cortez/AP Photo
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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Legislation that would advance what is meant to be a bipartisan commission to probe the Jan. 6 Capitol incident is stuck in political quicksand, with fundamental differences between Democrats and Republicans over the scope of the investigation and Republican charges that it would be used in a partisan fashion to score political points.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told MSNBC in an interview on March 17 that efforts have stalled to set up a bipartisan commission to probe the events around the Jan. 6 Capitol breach, with the main problem being what the investigation should focus on.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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