Pelosi proposes bipartisan commission to investigate Capitol riot
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press
Published: February 18, 2021, 8:36pm
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., with impeachment manager Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, left, speaks to members of the media during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, after the U.S. Senate voted not guilty, to acquit former President Donald Trump of inciting riot at U.S. Capitol, ending impeachment trial, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Photo Gallery
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that a proposed commission to study what went wrong in the deadly Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol must be “strongly bipartisan” and have the power to subpoena witnesses, similar to a commission that studied the 9/11 terrorist attacks and spurred major reforms in the intelligence community and beyond.
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