The US House of Representatives has given its approval to an an independent commission to investigate the deadly January 6 insurrection at the Capitol (J Scott Applewhite/AP)The US House of Representatives has voted to create an independent commission on the deadly January 6 insurrection at the Capitol. We have people scaling the Capitol, hitting the Capitol Police with lead pipes across the head, and we can’t get bipartisanship? Democrats grew angry as some Republicans suggested the commission was only intended to smear Mr Trump. “We have people scaling the Capitol, hitting the Capitol Police with lead pipes across the head, and we can’t get bipartisanship? Ms Cheney, in turn, suggested to ABC News that a commission could subpoena Mr McCarthy because he spoke to Mr Trump during the insurrection.

Source: Irish Independent May 19, 2021 23:36 UTC