A Republican lawmaker targeted by the now-defunct January 6 Committee said on Jan. 8 that he was interested in joining a proposed probe of those same investigators.
The January 6 panel, formed in 2021 under the guiding hand of then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), was almost entirely constituted of Democrats. Only two Republicans, Ranking Member Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.)—both vocal critics of President Donald Trump and the populist movement he brought into being—sat on the panel.
Over the course of just shy of a dozen hearings, the panel attempted to prove its case that the breakdown of order at the Jan. 6, 2021, “Stop the Steal” rally was the culmination of a months-long plot by Trump and his allies to overthrow the U.S. government….