House GOP forms new committee to investigate Jan. 6 Capitol attack

House Republicans voted to create a new subcommittee to further investigate the January 6, 2021 riot at the United States Capitol building

They hope the new eight-member panel will be able to answer their many unanswered questions

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

despite intelligence assessments that showed what rioters were planning. And it was very clear it was going to get ugly up here

There was going to be a high propensity for violence. All of it was there, and they didn't do anything with it

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

If somebody would have taken the report seriously and passed it along to the right people

January 6th would have never happened. Democrats say they won't allow Republicans to rewrite the history of what happened that day

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

More than 140 police officers were assaulted and there was millions of dollars in property damage

They are so desperate to paper over what happened that day, to whitewash it and to pretend it was a normal tourist visit

This will be the third time the House of Representatives investigates January 6th

Republicans already had one probe, but they say they're not finished. And they call the original Democratic-led committee a sham

I'm Ray Bogan for Straight Hour News. For more unbiased reporting straight from our nation's capital, download the SAN app