Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) mentioned Thursday that Home Republicans will examine the disbanded Home choose committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Johnson hit President Biden in a put up on the social platform X for awarding the Presidential Residents Medal to former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), each of whom are Jan. 6 committee members.
Responding to a different put up from the New York Submit about Cheney and Thompson, the Louisiana Republican mentioned the president “is foolishly giving an award to members of Congress who intentionally and repeatedly lied to the American people.”
“The Jan 6 Select Committee manipulated AND destroyed evidence – created a fake, phony narrative all to try and hurt Trump,” Johnson added. “They even hired a TV producer from the legacy media in a desperate attempt to legitimize what Americans knew was a total hoax and complete waste of time.”
“Be assured of this: House Republicans WILL continue our investigation into this corrupt committee and it will be FULLY FUNDED so it can continue next Congress,” he continued.
In mid-December, Republicans launched a report evaluating the “failures and politicization” of the Jan. 6 committee, rounding off their investigation by recommending a felony investigation into Cheney.
“Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi’s multimillion-dollar Select Committee was a political weapon with a singular focus to deceive the public into blaming President Trump for the violence on January 6 and to tarnish the legacy of his first Presidency,” the report said.
The report reiterated a number of claims unfold by Republicans because the committee’s formation, protesting that the choose committee was improperly made and unfairly blamed President-elect Trump. The conclusion of the report referred to as for an FBI investigation into Cheney, accusing her of witness tampering through being involved with former White Home aide and star witness Cassidy Hutchinson.
Cheney has pushed again in opposition to the suggestion and the bigger report.
“January 6th showed Donald Trump for who is really is – a cruel and vindictive man who allowed violent attacks to continue against our Capitol and law enforcement officers while he watched television and refused for hours to instruct his supporters to stand down and leave,” Cheney mentioned in a earlier assertion.
The Hill has reached out to Thompson’s workplace and a spokesperson for Cheney for remark.
