Partisan Haggling Dampens Urgent Calls for Jan. 6 Answers
- Creation of independent commission for Capitol attack delayed
- Leaders of Sept. 11 panel speak at virtual event Thursday
Trump supporters in the U.S. Capitol after breaching barricades to the building in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6.
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The urgent calls from Speaker Nancy Pelosi and lawmakers from both parties to establish a Sept. 11-style panel to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol are running up against partisan bickering over the scope of any probe.
Despite initial bipartisan resolve to get answers, disputes between Democrats and Republicans over the contours of the investigation and whether the commission should be evenly split by party have stymied progress toward its creation.