Republican ‘shadow committee’ issues Jan. 6 counter-report

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 Republican ‘shadow committee’ issues Jan. 6 counter-report
by Emily Brooks - 12/21/22 6:36 PM ET

A “shadow committee” of the five House Republicans who were originally nominated to sit on the House Jan. 6 select committee released a counter-report about security failures on Wednesday, ahead of the official select committee’s final report.

The report focuses on changes to Capitol Police intelligence protocols in the run-up to Jan. 6, constraints on the House Sergeant at Arms, and communications between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) office and the House Sergeant at Arms. 

It is based on already-public documents and news reports, interviews with Capitol security officials and rank-and-file Capitol Police officers, and documents provided to the House Administration Committee Republican staff by the House Sergeant at Arms in January 2022.

The final report from the select committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot was expected to also be released on Wednesday, but was delayed until Thursday.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had nominated Republican Reps. Jim Banks (Ind.), Rodney Davis (Ill.), Jim Jordan (Ohio), Kelly Armstrong (N.D.), and Troy Nehls (Texas) to sit on the Jan. 6 select committee last year. But after Pelosi vetoed the appointment of Banks and Jordan, McCarthy pulled the rest of his picks.

“When Speaker Pelosi made the unprecedented decision to reject Jim Banks and Jim Jordan from sitting on the January 6 Select Committee – we knew she intended to play politics instead of addressing the massive security failures that lead to that day,” the five House GOP members said in a statement. “We said then that we would investigate and get to the bottom of why the Capitol was left so unprepared that day, and what needs to be done to make sure our security apparatus is never left so unprepared again.

“Unsurprisingly, the Select Committee appears to have spent almost no time on this issue. We release the following report to answer these questions, and to lay a groundwork for security reforms as we prepare to lead a safer and more secure Campus in the 118th Congress and beyond.”

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3784289-republican-shadow-committee-issue-counter-report-on-jan-6/

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Nancy Pelosi directly implicated in House GOP report addressing J6 security failures
December 22, 2022 | Vivek Saxena

A shadow committee of House Republicans released their own Jan. 6th report Wednesday, and according to this report, it seems House Speaker Nancy Pelosi bears at least some responsibility for the failed police response to the Jan. 6th riot.

Why? Because she’d been heavily involved in crafting that day’s security policy.

“The Speaker of the House and Democrat leadership were closely involved in security decisions in the lead up to and on January 6, 2021,” the report bluntly states.

Indeed, documents and texts reviewed by congressional Republicans demonstrate how then-House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving had “carried out his duties in clear deference to the Speaker, her staff, and other Democratic staff.”

Both before and after the Jan. 6th riot. Pelosi’s own actions prove it.

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https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/12/22/nancy-pelosi-directly-implicated-in-house-gop-report-addressing-j6-security-failures-1318959/

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Titled: I am rubber you are glue.....

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Jim's in the bullpen...

"Jim Jordan points finger right at Nancy Pelosi for FAILURE to secure Capitol on January 6th: "It goes right to the Speaker's staff and the Speaker's office." (Video)

https://mobile.twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1606006357487849472