On May 19th, 2021, the House voted to form an independent bicameral commission to investigate the Jan 6th insurrection.
Vote passed 252-175 with 35 Republicans joining in favor.
Senate Republicans blocked the bicameral commission, leading to House Speaker Pelosi to appoint a select committee using only House members.
On June 30th, 2021, House Resolution 503 “Establishing the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on teh United States Capitol” passed the House 222-190. All Democrats and only two Republicans, Kinzinger and Cheney, voted in favor.
On July 1st, Pelosi appoints eight members, with Cheney being the sole Republican.
On July 19th, McCarthy suggests Jim Banks, Jim Jordan, Rodney Davis, Kelly Armstrong and Troy Nehls.
Banks, Jordan and Nehls voted to overturn the EC results in Arizona and Pennsylvania.
Banks and Jordan signed onto the Supreme Court case Texas v. Pennsylvania to invalidate the ballots of voters in four states.
On July 21st, Pelosi announced that she would reject Jordan and Banks, but would accept the other three recommendations.
McCarthy said it was all or nothing, costing Republicans almost all of their representation on the January 6th Select Committee.
On July 25th, Pelosi announced her appointment of Adam Kinzinger to the committee.
Notably, Kinzinger was one of only ten House Republicans to vote for TRump’s second impeachment.
Members
BENNIE G. THOMPSON (D) Mississippi, Chairman
LIZ CHENEY (R) Wyoming, Vice Chair
ZOE LOFGREN (D) California
ADAM B. SCHIFF (D) California
PETE AGUILAR (D) California
STEPHANIE N. MURPHY (D) Florida
JAMIE RASKIN (D) Maryland
ELAINE G. LURIA (D) Virginia
ADAM KINZINGER (R) Illinois
Majority of the witnesses involved in the J6 Select Committee Report were Republicans.
Two of President Trump’s former Attorneys General, his former White House Counsel, numerous members of his White House staff, and the highest-ranking members of his 2020 election campaign, including his campaign manager and his campaign general counsel.