House GOP launch new probe of Jan. 6 Capitol attack aiming to shift blame from Trump

FILE - Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump try to break through a police barrier on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. House Republicans are launching a vast re-investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, seeking to push the blame away from Donald Trump who has been indicted over his actions or his supporters in the mob siege trying to overturn the 2020 election.

The panel's report draws on many of the conspiracy theories circulating about Jan. 6 — from the formation of the Select Committee by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi to newer questions about the unidentified people who erected the hangman's scaffolding outside the U.S. Capitol. "I want to be upfront and honest, U.S. Capitol Police haven't shied away from the failures of that day," Gallagher said about the well-documented leadership problems spelled out in their own report.

Rep. Norma Torres of California, the panel's ranking Democrat and a former 911 dispatcher, questioned the whole premise of the hearing, particularly as federal investigations are underway: "What exactly is it that we're doing here?" On Tuesday, a previously undisclosed transcript of the Select Committee's interview with an unnamed Secret Service officer who drove the presidential SUV on Jan. 6 provided new information about Trump's actions that day. It was obtained by The Associated Press.

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