McConnell won’t back Jan. 6 riot commission

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced he will not support a Jan. 6 riot commission, joining top House Republican leaders in opposing a panel some in the party fear will be used as a political weapon.

McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said existing investigations in the Senate and at the Justice Department are more than sufficient to examine the events leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by throngs of protesters supporting President Donald Trump, as well as the response by Capitol law enforcement that failed to keep the rioters out of the building.