Riot probe to likely focus on McCarthy-Trump call

[mystery-ak]

Riot probe to likely focus on McCarthy-Trump call
By Scott Wong and Mike Lillis - 02/17/21 06:01 AM EST

Wary of inflaming tensions within his own party, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) is staying silent about his frantic Jan. 6 call to then-President Trump as rioters raided the Capitol.

But he may not have that luxury forever.


That heated phone call — which Democratic prosecutors made part of the official impeachment record — is almost certain to be investigated by the 9/11-style commission that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is promising to examine the events surrounding the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.

Congress is moving quickly. Leadership sources said a bill to create an independent commission could come this week.

Multiple House and Senate committees, all controlled by Democrats, are also likely to analyze the McCarthy-Trump phone call, in which Trump reportedly blamed far-left anti-fascists for the attack, then suggested the pro-Trump rioters were more patriotic than the legislators under siege.

The call also could be part of any future criminal or civil complaints against Trump, including a suit filed Tuesday by the Democratic chairman of the Homeland Security Committee Bennie Thompson (Miss.) .

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/539129-riot-probe-to-likely-focus-on-mccarthy-trump-call

[PeteS in CA]

How could Trump call off rioters over whom he had zero control? I doubt that McCarthy was trying to trap Trump, but if the phone call was as claimed, had Trump made such a pronouncement it would have been jumping into a trap.

The Capitol Police, their board, and ultimately Pelosi and whoever was Senate Majority Leader on January 6th were in charge of Capitol security, They should explain their poor performance, unpreparedness, and refusal of offers before the riot of FBI and National Guard assistance, https://nypost.com/2021/01/07/capitol-police-nixed-fbi-national-guard-help-before-siege/ .