Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's proposed commission to investigate the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol, calling its composition "Partisan by design."
The Congress has yet to finalize the structure of the commission, which Pelosi said will be modeled after the one established by President George W. Bush to examine the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon.
The Kentucky senator then criticized Pelosi for not trying to make the 1/6 commission as bipartisan as its precursor.
Chaired by former New Jersey Gov. Thomas Kean, a Republican, the 9/11 commission consisted of five Democrats and five Republicans.
"The 9/11 Commission was intentionally built to be bipartisan," McConnell said.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy made a similar comment earlier in the day, saying that the commission's design is "Politically-driven" and that Pelosi is "Setting up a system to fail."
Former 9/11 commissioners are expressing concerns about the apparent partisanship in the 1/6 commission, reported Politico.
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McConnell Questions Legitimacy of Pelosi's Commission to Probe Capitol Breach
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