United States Representative Adam Kinzinger (Republican of Illinois) offers remarks in support of United States Representative Liz Cheney (Republican of Wyoming) following the House GOP Conference vote to decide her fate with her role in the House GOP leadership, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Credit: Rod Lamkey / CNP/Sipa USA
United States Representative Liz Cheney (Republican of Wyoming) offers brief remarks following the GOP Conference vote to decide her fate with her role in the House GOP leadership
WASHINGTON (AP/77WABC)) — Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has named a second Republican critic of Donald Trump, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, to a special committee investigating the Jan. 6th Capitol riot.
She’s pledging that the Democratic-majority panel will “get to the truth.” The committee is set to hold its first meeting on Tuesday, hearing from police officers who battled the rioters on Jan. 6. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has said the GOP will not participate after Pelosi refused to accept the members he picked, Rep. Jim Banks (R) Indiana and Rep. Jim Jordan (R) Ohio..
Pelosi has already put Wyoming Republican Liz Cheney on the committee.
Kinzinger says he “humbly accepted” the committee assignment, saying Americans need to know the truth on “how and why thousands showed up to attack our democracy.”
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