WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other Republican members of Congress criticised the special committee probing the January 6 Capitol riot as a “sham” ahead of its first hearing on 27 july.
McCarthy was speaking ahead of the first hearing of the House select committee formed to investigate the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Last week, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two Republican candidates who McCarthy had chosen to serve on the special committee, both strong supporters of former President Donald Trump.
In response to the move, McCarthy accused Pelosi of abusing her power and pulled the rest of the committee’s Republican members off the panel.
He added that the Republicans wanted to participate in the commission hearing.
On 6 January, supporters of Donald Trump stormed Capitol Hill in a bid to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. At least five people, including a female air force veteran, were killed in the riot, and more than 500 people have been charged over their participation in the incident.
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