Speaker Mike Johnson selected GOP Reps. Morgan Griffith (Va.), Troy Nehls (Texas), Harriet Hageman (Wyo.) and Clay Higgins (La.) to serve on the new panel tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, led by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.).
Johnson also approved House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ picks for the panel: Democratic Reps. Eric Swalwell (Calif.), Jasmine Crockett (Tex.) and Jared Moskowitz (Fla.).
Loudermilk has said he wants to publish his own report on the events at the Capitol that day, a rebuke of the Democratic-led committee that investigated the attack in its immediate aftermath.
House Democrats have argued the new effort is a distraction.
The panel, which took months to formalize, is operating as a select subcommittee under House Judiciary, but Loudermilk will have full subpoena power. Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) will be ex officio members. Raskin also served on the last panel tasked with investigating the attack.
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