Michigan lawmakers split on commission to probe Jan. 6 attack
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Washington — The proposal to create an independent commission to probe the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol split Michigan lawmakers ahead of Wednesday's vote on a House resolution, though members from both parties said they intended to back it.
At least two Michigan Republicans, Reps. Fred Upton and Peter Meijer, were expected to join a couple dozen other GOP House members in bucking their leadership to support the formation of the panel.
Both spoke on the House floor during the debate Wednesday, with Meijer, the freshman lawmaker from Grand Rapids Township, stressing the panel would produce a report for the public to "clear away myths and fictions and get right on the facts." He condemned efforts to "whitewash" the events of Jan. 6.