GOP Spurns Jan. 6 Riot Probe as Trump Looms Over 2022 Election
- House passes bill to establish independent investigation
- Issue has divided Republicans with leadership opposed to panel
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Republican leaders’ rejection of a Democratic plan to independently probe the deadly U.S. Capitol insurrection highlights the grip former President Donald Trump has on the GOP as well as the risk that his polarizing presence could cloud the party’s political prospects.
Legislation to establish the bipartisan panel passed the Democratic-controlled House Wednesday on a 252-175 vote, with 35 GOP lawmakers breaking with Trump and their leadership. But chances for passage in the Senate dimmed earlier in the day when Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell announced his opposition.