U.S. House votes to launch new probe of Jan. 6 insurrection Getty Images The Capitol riot scene on Jan. 6. WASHINGTON, DC — Split along party lines, the U.S. House launched a new investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection on Wednesday, approving a special committee to probe the violent attack as police officers who were injured fighting former President Donald Trump’s supporters watched from the gallery above. The vote to form the panel was 222-190, with Republicans objecting that majority Democrats would be in charge. The action came after Senate Republicans blocked creation of an independent commission that would have been evenly split between the two parties.