According to lawmakers, McCarthy's decision to appoint members is likely to lead to the emergence of Trump acolytes who are able to work with him to slow down the progress of the select committee.Already, some of the GOP's most prominent firebrands have asked McCarthy to join the panel. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia is publicly pushing for McCarthy to be on the panel. Rep. Matt Gaetz from Florida also expressed his interest. According to GOP conference sources, Lauren Boebert from Colorado is also interested in a spot.Two House Republican members voted to confirm Trump's loss. They spoke on condition of anonymity to say that they don't want to be associated with the select committee because of Trump's attention."I worry that a more political committee will make it more difficult for the investigation's findings to be seen as credible by broad swathes of the electorate, which is my main concern," stated Rep. Peter Meijer (R.Mich.), who voted in February to impeach Trump.Rep. John Katko (R.N.Y.), another pro–impeachment voter, said to POLITICO that the select committee is exactly what he wanted. "It's exactly my wish it wouldn't have. It's going be politicized." Katko worked together with Democrats to create a 9/11-style commission to investigate the insurrection. But, the GOP leadership thwarted his efforts.Reps. Liz Cheney (R.Wyo.), and Adam Kinzinger (R.Ill.), are Trump's most vocal critics. Adam Kinzinger (R.Ill.) and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), declined to withdraw their names from consideration for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s potential GOP appointee.The overwhelming majority of House Republicans are wary about the select committee. They claim that it will be a political effort to attack Trump, and they warn that McCarthy could be called in as a witness. Democrats want more details from the profanity-laced telephone call McCarthy had during the attack.McCarthy said that he was willing to testify. He repeated the sentiment Friday, saying that he had no problem speaking about Trump.Democrats want to seize the opportunity to make McCarthy's uncomfortable conversation more difficult. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D.Md. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who was the main impeachment manager during Trump’s Senate trial in February 2017, said that most Republicans have recovered from the attack in record speed."There were people who changed from being brave defenders for the House door to revisionists, claiming that the whole thing was an 'tourist group'. That did occur in record time," Raskin stated in an interview. He said that although we are all partisans to different degrees, there are certain things that shouldn't be partisan.Raskin's party doesn't want McCarthy to be weaker against Republicans who downplayed the pro Trump riot. D.C. Police officer Michael Fanone was hurt during the response on January 6. He pressed McCarthy during a Friday afternoon meeting to criticize those GOP lawmakers. Fanone claims that McCarthy claimed he would deal with it on a personal basis, which disappointed him.However, the House Republicans will have to settle their own scores over the insurrection.The most prominent is Rep. Mikie sherill's (D-N.J.), allegation that some GOP members were involved in reconnaissance of Capitol prior to the Jan. 6 attack, a claim she has yet substantiate.Sherrill is a former Navy pilot and also worked as an U.S. attorney in New Jersey. She said that she had turned over information about what happened on the eve, but noted that it takes time to act on such material.Sherrill stated that we were seeing more information about the planning involved in that. I don't want to comment on the information I have seen. Some of the information is still under investigation so it isn't being released publicly.
