We all knew something was wrong when Pelosi refused to grant Trump’s request on January 6th…. now we know WHY.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Select Committee on the January 6th riot at the US Capitol, which occurred nearly two years ago, held its last public hearing nearly two weeks ago. The committee is entirely composed of anti-Republican members appointed by the Democratic Party’s leader. This bipartisan makeup and appointment has never occurred in our 233-year history of operating under the US Constitution.
No serious lover of law, in its making or adjudication, would conjure up a method of obtaining objective facts that did not involve an adversarial process of calling and questioning documents and witnesses. However, that is precisely what Pelosi, Chairman Bennie Thompson, and Liz Cheney (who was expelled by voters) have planned, to the detriment of the republic.
The entire purpose of this special committee was to “investigate the facts, circumstances, and causes relating to the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol” and draft legislative recommendations to prevent a future security collapse.
It’s puzzling, then, that the majority of the committee’s effort has been spent violating the civil rights of countless conservative activists and Republican consultants, as well as investigating the Trump administration in a shocking departure from precedent, with Joe Biden waiving executive privilege on behalf of the Trump administration.
Some of the subpoenas issued by the committee ask witnesses to produce records from 2019, peaceful political gatherings prior to and immediately following Election Day 2020, and conversations that contributed to legislative products. Committee members have repeatedly used sensationalized TV shows to claim that the partisan body is investigating crimes.
The Constitution expressly prohibits Congress from conducting criminal investigations. It can, however, improve their own security and streamline processes.
The committee has held one hearing in which police were present. One that did not include evaluating any of the chain of command failures, miscommunications among the various participating agencies, or abuses that contributed to the deaths of unarmed protestors—the only people who died on January 6th.
The US Capitol Police Chief, who testified before the Senate that he ordered the evacuation of the Capitol building due to pipe bombs discovered outside the RNC headquarters rather than protestors, was fired by “resignation.” So, too, were the House sergeant-at-arms and his Senate counterpart, both of whom are now deceased, according to conflicting accounts.
Before any Congressional investigation could be launched, the three men with direct knowledge were fired, and Congress gave the USCP nearly $2 billion, tasked them with launching an intelligence collection arm, and the following month they opened satellite offices in Florida and California.
These officers are exempt from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Only this year did we learn about “shoot-to-kill squads” stationed around protesters and within the Capitol. What else could we be missing? What has the committee overlooked in its politically motivated search for criminal referrals against President Donald J. Trump and his top allies?
All of these facts start to resemble a cleanup job.
Even more puzzling, the committee has not looked into the person in charge of maintaining (including security) the US Capitol grounds, Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
