Topline
The House Select Committee investigating the attack on the Capitol in January 2006 said Thursday that it had obtained vast amounts of documents from federal agencies to help it investigate both the Capitol riot as well as the events surrounding it.
WASHINGTON DC, JULY 27, 2018: House select committee members meet in a room before the first hearing at the Cannon House Office Building, Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. The committee, currently comprised of seven Democrats as well as two Republicans, will hear testimony from officers who have been involved in protecting the Capitol since January 6. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
The Key Facts
Forbes was informed by a spokesperson for the committee that they had received thousands of pages of documents as a result of their records requests to eight federal agency, including the National Archives and Department of Justice. Each agency had two weeks to respond to the requests sent on August 25. However, the spokesperson for the committee said that they have received thousands of pages of documents from eight federal agencies, including the National Archives, the Department of Justice, and the Pentagon. According to the spokesperson, the documents from federal agencies are based on material provided by other House committees, which were investigating the attack prior to the creation of the select committee.
Important Background
Due to its composition, the committee has been a political lightning rod. Nancy Pelosi, the House Speaker, refused to place Jim Banks (R.I.). Jim Jordan (R.Ohio), so House Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to seat Reps. Jim Banks (R.Ind.). Two Republicans are the only members of the nine-member committee: Reps. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., and Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. Pelosi appointed both Trump critics.
Chief Critic
Republicans have been scathing about the committee, especially Kinzinger's and Cheneys appointments. Some right-wingers are calling for their removal from the House GOP. Their fury was also fueled by a records preservation request to 35 telecom companies, which targeted some GOP lawmakers. McCarthy stated in a statement last month that Republicans will not forget the request if companies comply.
Surprising Fact
One House Republican is making a profit by being targeted by the telecom companies' requests to committees. Nancy Pelosi would like this email. Read the subject line in a fundraising email sent by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greenes, (R-Ga.), on Thursday. It stated that the Witch Hunt Committee was targeting her because she supported President Trump.
