Pelosi Wants Commission Investigating Capitol Breach to Focus on ‘Domestic Terrorism’

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), speaks during her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Feb. 25, 2021. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday defended her proposal of a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol, saying that the probe must focus on what she deemed “domestic terrorism,” rather than a broader scope of political violence.

“We have a domestic terrorism challenge in this country,” Pelosi said during her weekly press conference. “Domestic violence is taking more lives than international violence in this country and the biggest number since [the 1995 bombing in] Oklahoma City.”