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House Republicans voted to create a new subcommittee to further investigate the January 6, 2021 riot at the United States Capitol building
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They hope the new eight-member panel will be able to answer their many unanswered questions
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Congressman Troy Nels is being considered for a spot on the committee. He told Straight Hour News that he wants to know why the Capitol police were so ill-prepared
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despite intelligence assessments that showed what rioters were planning. And it was very clear it was going to get ugly up here
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There was going to be a high propensity for violence. All of it was there, and they didn't do anything with it
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Nels said the National Guard should have been deployed. I'd have said, oh, my goodness gracious, we got to be prepared for this, and we need a guard
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If somebody would have taken the report seriously and passed it along to the right people
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January 6th would have never happened. Democrats say they won't allow Republicans to rewrite the history of what happened that day
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Riders broke into the Capitol building by pushing past police barricades and breaking through windows and doors in an attempt to stop the certification of Joe Biden's election victory
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More than 140 police officers were assaulted and there was millions of dollars in property damage
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They are so desperate to paper over what happened that day, to whitewash it and to pretend it was a normal tourist visit
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This will be the third time the House of Representatives investigates January 6th
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Republicans already had one probe, but they say they're not finished. And they call the original Democratic-led committee a sham
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I'm Ray Bogan for Straight Hour News. For more unbiased reporting straight from our nation's capital, download the SAN app
