Speaker Pelosi proposes 9/11-type commission to probe US Capitol storming PTI
Updated : Feb 16, 2021, 11:48 am IST
The Republican former president was accused of inciting riots in the Capitol which left five people, including a police officer, dead
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, with House impeachment managers, speaks to the press after the Senate voted to acquit former US President Donald Trump, in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2021. (Alex Edelman / AFP)
Washington: US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has proposed a 9/11-type independent commission to investigate the storming of the Capitol by supporters of former president Donald Trump on January 6, which is seen as one of the darkest days in the history of America s democracy.
February 16, 2021, 11:08 AM UPDATED: February 16, 2021, 11:08 AM
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US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has proposed a 9/11-type independent commission to investigate the storming of the Capitol by supporters of former president Donald Trump on January 6, which is seen as one of the darkest days in the history of America’s democracy.
Pelosi said this in a Dear Colleague letter on Monday, less than 50 hours after the Senate the upper chamber of US Congress acquitted Trump following an impeachment trial on charges of inciting his supporters to storm the Capitol hill, putting at risk the lives of hundreds of lawmakers.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Monday that Congress will move to establish an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Why She Didn t Ask for the National Guard Tue Feb 16, 2021 The Democrats want to extend their military occupation of Washington D.C. into the fall and Speaker Pelosi has called for an outside, independent 9/11-type Commission to investigate the Capitol riot. Or as Pelosi puts it, To protect our security, our security, our security, our next step will be to establish an outside, independent 9/11-type Commission to “investigate and report on the facts and causes relating to the January 6, 2021 domestic terrorist attack upon the United States Capitol Complex… and relating to the interference with the peaceful transfer of power, including facts and causes relating to the preparedness and response of the United States Capitol Police and other Federal, State, and local law enforcement in the National Capitol Region.”