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.