Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) told Fox News on Sunday that Senate Republicans are likely to decide that it’s “too early” to establish a commission to examine the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. “I think it’s too early to create a commission, and I believe Republicans in the Senate will decide that it’s too early to create that commission,” Blunt said on “Fox News Sunday,” with his remarks coming ahead of a scheduled vote in the Senate this week after the House approved a bill last week to proceed with establishing such an investigative body. The Jan. 6 commission, which would feature 10 members—five appointed by Republicans and five by Democrats—would be modeled on the commission that probed the 9/11 terror attacks. Its aim would be to investigate factors that contributed to the Capitol breach, including how technology, including “online platforms, financing, and malign foreign influence operations and campaigns may have factored into the motivation, …
Sen. Roy Blunt: ‘Too Early’ to Establish Commission to Probe Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
May 24, 2021
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