Last week, Senate Republicans filibustered a bill to establish a bipartisan committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. This came after the Senate refused to hear witnesses on the same events at Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. Though the Department of Justice is conducting an extensive investigation of the events of Jan. 6 and has prosecuted many of the participants, the odds are low that this investigation will lead to accountability for the instigator of the Jan. 6 insurrection, Donald Trump. Further, the DOJ has thus far declined to appoint a special counsel to investigate Trump’s role in inciting the insurrection, a step that would presumably be necessary if a serious investigation of his involvement, or that of other political leaders, were to be undertaken.