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House GOP Authorizes Loudermilk-Led Jan. 6 Reinvestigation Panel

Republicans used a procedural rule to create an eight-member Judiciary subcommittee with subpoena power under a 2026 reporting deadline.

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Trump supporters clashed with police and security forces as they stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021
Rep. Barry Loudermilk questions witnesses during a House Administration subcommittee hearing last year. Now the Georgia Republican will get another crack at reinvestigating the events of Jan. 6, 2021.
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Overview

  • The House approved the authorization 212-208 through a deem-and-pass rule after months of delay, with Rep. Kevin Kiley voting present.
  • The subcommittee will sit under the House Judiciary Committee with eight seats, five appointed by Speaker Mike Johnson and up to three by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries subject to the speaker’s approval.
  • Chair Barry Loudermilk will have full subpoena authority, and the panel must deliver a final report by December 31, 2026.
  • Republicans say they will examine the National Guard response, FBI confidential informants present at the Capitol, and intelligence failures, and they may scrutinize the previous Jan. 6 committee.
  • Democrats denounced the move as a partisan bid to rewrite the record, with Rep. Jamie Raskin asserting Republicans have not undercut the original committee’s findings.