Pelosi Says She Won’t Let GOP ‘Antics’ Distract From Jan. 6 Probe

Pelosi Says She Won’t Let GOP ‘Antics’ Distract From Jan. 6 Probe
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) gestures during her weekly news conference at the Capitol building in Washington, on July 22, 2021. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared late Thursday that a commission to investigate the events that unfolded at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 will move forward despite what she called “antics” from Republicans.

It comes after Pelosi on Wednesday rejected two of the five Republican lawmakers that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) had nominated for the commission, Reps. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).