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Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at 7:35 pm | י ב אב תשפ א
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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the ranking member on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite/File)
The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday withdrew his five nominees to serve on the special committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol after Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of them.
Pelosi had earlier rejected Representatives Jim Jordan and Jim Banks, staunch defenders of former President Donald Trump, from serving on the panel investigating the Trump supporters who assaulted Congress in an attempt to stop it from certifying President Joe Biden’s election.
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Top U.S. senator demands inquiry into Justice Dept grants system
A top U.S. Senate Republican has demanded an investigation into new Justice Department grant-management software, after Reuters reported https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-47-billion-grant-programs-tech-woes-take-toll-justice-groups-2021-07-12 that technological glitches in the system have delayed funding programs from police departments to victims service providers. Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Charles Grassley in a letter on Wednesday asked Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz to launch a formal probe into the department s roll-out of the new software, known as JustGrants, which manages a $4.7 billion grant program.
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McCarthy Withdraws His Jan.6 Committee Nominees After Pelosi Rejects Two
07/21/21 AT 7:06 PM
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday withdrew five Jan. 6 investigative committee nominees after Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of his chosen members.
Pelosi rejected Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Jim Banks of Indiana from the panel that will conduct investigations on the violent Capitol riot. The two nominees were known for adamantly defending former President Donald Trump. With respect for the integrity of the investigation, with an insistence on the truth and with concern about statements made and actions taken by these Members, I must reject the recommendations of Representatives Banks and Jordan to the Select Committee, Pelosi said in a statement. “The unprecedented nature of January 6th demands this unprecedented decision.