
Pelosi says she would be open to abandoning 9/11-style commission for Capitol riot if efforts remain stalled
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said for the first time that she would be open to establishing a select committee to probe the January 6 riot at the US Capitol if attempts to create an independent 9/11-style commission remain stalled.
"It's always an option," Pelosi told USA Today in an interview published Tuesday. "It's not my preference in any way. My preference would be to have a commission." The California Democrat had announced in mid-February plans to create a panel similar to the 9/11 Commission to "investigate and report on the facts and causes relating to" the insurrection, but while the formation of such a commission initially received broad, bipartisan support, no significant progress has been made on the effort.More Related News

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