Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., speaks to the media on April 21. Banks was tapped Monday to be the ranking Republican on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has nominated five Republican representatives to serve on the House select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
His list for the Democratic-led probe into the deadly melee includes three lawmakers who voted against certifying the 2020 presidential election results after the attack.
To lead the GOP contingent of the panel, McCarthy, a loyalist to former President Donald Trump, tapped Indiana Rep. Jim Banks as ranking Republican.
McCarthy taps five Republicans to serve on January 6 Select Committee By Nikole Killion, Zak Hudak
July 19, 2021 / 8:45 PM / CBS News
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Monday tapped five Republicans to serve on the select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol, multiple people familiar with the decision told CBS News.
McCarthy chose Congressman Jim Banks of Indiana to serve as the ranking member, with Representatives Jim Jordan of Ohio, Rodney Davis of Illinois, Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota and freshman Troy Nehls of Texas filling the remaining four GOP-controlled seats on the committee.
The decision came more than two weeks after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had named seven Democrats and Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney to the committee. When Democrats scheduled the committee s first hearing for next week, McCarthy appeared to be running out of time.
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A former Maryland and Virginia law enforcement official was picked to be the U.S. Capitol Police s new chief more than six months after the Jan. 6 riot rocked the federal law enforcement agency.
J. Thomas Manger, who served from 2004 to 2019 in Montgomery County, Maryland, was selected for the role after an intensive search from the department s board, which includes the House and Senate sergeant-at-arms and the Architect of the Capitol, according to the
Associated Press, which cited four sources.
Before his stint in Maryland, Manger presided over the Fairfax City Police Department in Virginia during the investigation into Beltway sniper attacks, a series of shootings that killed 10 and injured three throughout October of 2002.