EXCLUSIVE — House Republicans are looking to continue their investigations into the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, this time turning their attention to security personnel and whether internal politicization caused “systemic problems” that led to failures that day.
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) is angling to create a House select committee in the next Congress to continue investigating the Capitol riot, building on efforts from the last two years that he says found “undue political influence” within the U.S. Capitol Police that affect its security decisions. Loudermilk’s proposal comes as the Georgia Republican has led an Oversight subcommittee looking into the Jan. 6 attack, noting, “There’s still some things that are hanging out there” in terms of what happened on that day.
