Pelosi bars Trump allies from Jan. 6 probe, GOP may boycott
In this July 20, 2021 photo, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pelosi is rejecting two Republicans tapped by House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. She cited the “integrity” of the investigation. Pelosi said in a statement Wednesday that she would not accept the appointments of Indiana Rep. Jim Banks, whom McCarthy picked to be the top Republican on the panel, or Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday rejected two Republicans tapped by House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, a decision McCarthy denounced as “an egregious abuse of power...
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