House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced plans for Congress to establish an outside and independent commission to investigate “the facts and causes” related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
In a letter sent to her Democratic colleagues on Monday, the California Democrat said the commission will be modeled on the commission established after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Pelosi noted the recent work of retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, who has “been assessing our security needs by reviewing what happened on January 6 and how we must ensure that it does not happen again.”
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