Pelosi says special Jan. 6 Capitol siege committee with forge ahead - with or without GOP members
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy McCarthy calls the committee a "sham process."
By Joseph Weber
Updated: July 23, 2021 - 9:10am
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she’s forging ahead with her special committee to investigate the Jan 6. Capitol siege – with or without Republican members.
Pelosi staked out her position Thursday after a high-stakes exchange with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in which he appointed five GOP members and she rejected two – prompting McCarthy to say he might withdraw all of his choices.
Pelosi declared the so-called "select" committee will take on its "deadly serious" work whether Republicans participate or not, according to the Associated Press.
McCarthy, a California Republican, called the committee a "sham process" and suggested that GOP lawmakers who take part could face consequences.
McCarthy said Pelosi’s rejection of two of the Republicans he had attempted to appoint – former President Trump allies Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Jim Banks of Indiana – was an "egregious abuse of power."
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