A Western lawmaker faces growing scrutiny over her potential role in the Capitol insurrection.
Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert and two other Republican lawmakers could become the subjects of congressional investigations after Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-WA, filed requests March 10 with the House Committee on Ethics and the Office of Congressional Ethics.
Jayapal is urging those bodies to investigate the freshman lawmaker along with Republican Reps. Mo Brooks of Alabama and Paul Gosar of Arizona for instigating and aiding the violent riot that left five people dead on Jan. 6. Representative Boebert endangered fellow Members lives and pursued a disinformation campaign related to the election results that resulted in an armed uprising, Jayapal wrote.
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Democrats boot her off committees.
Del. Michael F.Q. San Nicolas, D-Guam, on Monday, accompanied members of the Guam National Guard to Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene s office after she appeared to say the island was not part of the U.S.
Greene, who has been stripped of her committee assignments, appeared to make the comment while speaking to a small group of people at the 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference, as seen at the 13-minute mark in a live video posted to her Facebook page.
In response to the comment, San Nicolas gathered members of the island s National Guard and paid a visit to the Georgia congresswoman s office with snacks in hand and posted a video of the encounter to social media, prompting discission of whether the move was appropriate.
Congresswoman Lauren Boebert and two other Republican lawmakers could become the subjects of congressional investigations after Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-WA, filed requests with the House Committee on Ethics and the Office of Congressional Ethics.
Boebert, Gosar and Brooks Aided Capitol Attackers, Jayapal Says in Letters
Rep. Lauren Boebert attends a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) has called for investigations by the House Ethics Committee and the Office of Congressional Ethics into Representatives Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado), Mo Brooks (R-Alabama) and Paul Gosar (R-Arizona) for their roles in “instigating and aiding” the attack on the Capitol on January 6.
Jayapal lays out the Republicans’ social media posts, speeches and known ties to extremist right-wing militant groups in letters to both congressional organizations in order to demonstrate the need for and urgency of the investigation.