House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is ruling out a presidential commission to study the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, telling House Democrats on Tuesday that having President Joe Biden appoint a panel is unworkable even after the Senate blocked an independent probe last week.
The first option, Pelosi said, is to give the Senate another chance to vote on the commission.
The commission would be modeled after a highly respected panel that investigated the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The White House has not yet said whether Biden would appoint a commission without Congress, but some Democrats urged him to take that step.
"In light of the GOP's cowardly filibuster of a bipartisan January 6th commission, I urge President Biden to form and appoint a Presidential Commission to fully investigate the insurrection at the United States Capitol, to identify the individuals and organizations who plotted or were involved in those violent acts, and to make recommendations to prevent such an attack from ever recurring," said Virginia Rep. Gerry Connolly in a statement.
It's uncertain whether the Senate would hold another vote on the commission and whether any additional Republicans would support it.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left open the possibility of a second attempt, saying after the vote that "The events of Jan. 6 will be investigated." Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., opposes the commission, saying he believes the panel would be partisan even though it would be divided evenly between the two parties.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/capitol-breach-commission-trump-pelosi/2021/06/01/id/1023515/
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