Madison Cawthorn endorses Adam Kinzinger primary opponent washingtonexaminer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonexaminer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Virginia Rep. Elaine Luria will serve on the panel, saying it s her duty to do so. Author: Mike Gooding Updated: 6:37 PM EDT July 26, 2021
WASHINGTON It goes down as one of the darkest days in U.S. history.
On January 6, the time-honored American tradition of a peaceful transfer of power was endangered, as hundreds of rioters dissatisfied with the Presidential election results stormed the United States Capitol.
The insurrection was the first breach of the Capitol since the War of 1812. The mob attack left five people dead, more than 500 suspects arrested, more than police 140 officers injured, $1.5 million in damage inflicted upon the Capitol building itself, and it briefly halted the Constitutionally-required certification of President Joseph R. Biden s 7 million popular vote victory.
Matt Gaetz Claims Purpose of 1/6 Committee Is to Charge GOP Lawmakers for Process Crimes
On 7/26/21 at 9:39 PM EDT
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said that House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol was created with the goal of charging Republican lawmakers with process crimes.
Gaetz made the remarks while discussing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) appointing Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) to the committee during a Monday interview on Newsmax. The Florida Republican insisted that the commission would ultimately use legal technicalities to target GOP leadership for criminal prosecution. I really do believe that the end goal of the January 6 Committee is to create a series of criminal referrals, Gaetz said. And remember, during the Russia hoax a lot of the criminal process occurred not as a result of any underlying violation of federal criminal law, but instead as a result of these process crimes.
What to Expect From House’s Partisan Probe of Capitol Riot
Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., arrives Thursday at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office for a meeting with members of the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot. (Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Amid partisan acrimony, the first hearing of the Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol will convene Tuesday.
The panel investigating the Capitol riot has seven Democrats and two Republicans all appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.
The original plan was that Pelosi would name eight members and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., would name five. However, when Pelosi rejected two Republican appointees in a highly unusual move, McCarthy pulled the others as well.
Republicans Demand Meeting with Joe Biden Regarding Cuba
26 Jul 2021
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and the Leaders’ Advisory Team on Cuba sent a letter to President Joe Biden requesting a meeting to discuss how they can work together to end the “oppressive regime in Havana and liberate the Cuban people.”
“After years of torment, arbitrary imprisonments, brutality, corruption, and human rights abuses, the Cuban people have taken to the streets in protest,” the group wrote. In their letter, the Republicans described the “largest protests in years” that are happening in Cuba and across the United States.
They noted that because of this, “the communist regime decided to block access to the Internet, brutally suppress the protests by attacking and jailing protestors, and refuse to acknowledge the Cuban people’s desires for a better life and freedom.” However, despite all of this, they wrote, “Cuban people and their allies in Congress refuse to