A subpoena to Cassidy Hutchinson was nixed after Speaker Mike Johnson's office was reportedly made aware explicit texts lawmakers sent to her.
House Republican leaders announced the plan days after Trump issued pardons for rioters. The aim is to reexamine the 2021 Capitol attack.
President Donald Trump tore into former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney on Monday after she received a last-minute pardon from former President Joe Biden.
House Speaker Mike Johnson announced a new panel to honestly probe the events of January 6, 2021, after Joe Biden issued pardons.
House Speaker Mike Johnson is forming a new panel to investigate the Democrat-led January 6 Committee amid allegations that members hid or destroyed evidence exonerating President Donald Trump.
Rep. Barry Loudermilk has already conducted an investigation of his own regarding the events, which are at odds with the findings of the original committee.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, on his end, praised Loudermilk's previous work, while the Georgia Rep. said he is looking forward to "continue to uncover all the facts and begin the arduous task of making needed reforms to ensure this level of security failure may never happen again."
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said he will establish a new select subcommittee that will probe the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — and likely dig into the now-defunct Jan. 6 Select
Notably, Loudermilk had given a tour of the Capitol to people the day before the insurrection, which included a man who was caught on footage during the Jan. 6 riot, later released by the select committee that investigated the attack, making violent verbal threats against top Democratic lawmakers.
Around this time two years ago, as the Republican majority in the House got to work, among the earliest priorities for the party was a new, GOP-friendly investigation into the Jan. 6 attack. The endeavor would be led by Loudermilk, who faced some awkward questions about a controversial Capitol tour the day before the riot.
An aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson advised Republican colleagues against subpoenaing former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson as part of their investigation into Jan. 6, 2021.
Aide to Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly feared the exposure of ‘sexual texts from members who were trying to engage in sexual favors’ with Hutchinson, a former Trump loyalist who had testified about t