Nancy Pelosi Announces Plan to Create "S/11 Style Commission" to Investigate Capitol Attack

 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced in a letter to Democrats Monday plans to create a "9/11-style commission" to investigate the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

“To protect our safety, our security, our safety, our next action will be to establish an independent 9/11-style foreign commission to 'investigate and report the facts and causes related to the domestic terrorist attack of January 6, 2021 on Capitol Hill. from the United States, '”Pelosi wrote.

Pelosi had called for the formation of a commission of this nature and assured that it was necessary to do so.

A commission of this nature would need to be established by statute approved by both houses and signed by the president. The members of the commission would not be popularly elected leaders but would be independent from the government.

In another letter to House Democrats earlier this month, Pelosi wrote that it was “clear that a 9/11-style commission needs to be established to examine and report the facts, causes, and security issues related to the terrorist attack on the United States. mob on January 6 ”.

The attack, which left people dead, prompted Democrats to speed up an impeachment process against President Donald Trump in January. The trial of the former president concluded in the Senate over the weekend, and ended with an acquittal of the only charge against for incitement to insurrection.

However, efforts to tighten security on Capitol Hill and establish the motives that led to the attack by a violent, pro-Trump mob on January 6, still continue.

In mid-January, Pelosi announced that retired Lieutenant General Russel Honoré will lead a review of the Capitol's "security infrastructure" in the wake of the attack.

"For the past few weeks, General Honoré has been assessing our security needs, reviewing what happened on January 6 and how we must ensure that it does not happen again," Pelosi wrote in her letter Monday.

Capitol protects against possible incidents on Thursday. Washington shields itself from the threat of violence.

The surroundings of the Washington Capitol are preparing for possible incidents this Thursday, March 4. According to communications detected on networks, Trump supporters and extremists plan to provoke incidents in the US Congress.

The United States Capitol Police Department has warned this Wednesday that it has obtained "information" about a "possible plot" by a group of militias to assault the building this Thursday. In a statement, the police force has assured to be aware of conversations 'online' in which these intentions have been revealed, although it has specified that "important" security improvements have already been made, including the establishment of a physical structure and a increased staff to ensure the protection of Congress, the public and our police officers, "the note reads.

March 4 is a date set for months because some QAnon supporters believe that former President Donald Trump will regain his position that day, 'The Hill' has recalled. This is the date on which all the presidential inaugurations have taken place until 1993. However, the Capitol Police had previously assured that there was "little indication" that any group was planning to travel to Washington to demonstrate or participate in events. of violence. Likewise, researchers of the far-right ideology have stressed that the date in question seems to have lost importance and that there is "little or no" intention to travel to the US capital.

Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6, as Congress was holding a joint session to ratify Joe Biden's victory in the November 3 presidential election. Trump repeatedly rejected the election result, stating that "fraud" had occurred, although without providing proof of this. The incident left five dead. At least 280 people have been arrested for allegedly being involved in the assault on the Capitol and charges have been brought against more than 300. Because of that attack, Trump was subjected to his second impeachment in the Senate, of which he was acquitted on February 13, after leaving the White House.

Last week, Acting Chief of the Capitol Police, Yogananda Pittman, warned at one of those hearings of a possible plan by extremists to blow up the seat of Congress when Biden makes his first speech before both houses of Congress. "We know that Militia members who were present on January 6 have expressed their wishes that they want to blow up the Capitol and kill as many members (of Congress) as possible, with a link to the State of the Union, about which we know that still no date has been set "The surroundings of the Washington Capitol are preparing for possible incidents this Thursday, March 4. According to communications detected on networks, Trump supporters and extremists plan to provoke incidents in the US Congress.

The United States Capitol Police Department has warned this Wednesday that it has obtained "information" about a "possible plot" by a group of militias to assault the building this Thursday. In a statement, the police force has assured to be aware of conversations 'online' in which these intentions have been revealed, although it has specified that "important" security improvements have already been made, including the establishment of a physical structure and a increased staff to ensure the protection of Congress, the public and our police officers, "the note reads.

March 4 is a date set for months because some QAnon supporters believe that former President Donald Trump will regain his position that day, 'The Hill' has recalled. This is the date on which all the presidential inaugurations have taken place until 1993. However, the Capitol Police had previously assured that there was "little indication" that any group was planning to travel to Washington to demonstrate or participate in events. of violence. Likewise, researchers of the far-right ideology have stressed that the date in question seems to have lost importance and that there is "little or no" intention to travel to the US capital.

Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6, as Congress was holding a joint session to ratify Joe Biden's victory in the November 3 presidential election. Trump repeatedly rejected the election result, stating that "fraud" had occurred, although without providing proof of this. The incident left five dead. At least 280 people have been arrested for allegedly being involved in the assault on the Capitol and charges have been brought against more than 300. Because of that attack, Trump was subjected to his second impeachment in the Senate, of which he was acquitted on February 13, after leaving the White House.

Last week, Acting Chief of the Capitol Police, Yogananda Pittman, warned at one of those hearings of a possible plan by extremists to blow up the seat of Congress when Biden makes his first speech before both houses of Congress. "We know that Militia members who were present on January 6 have expressed their wishes that they want to blow up the Capitol and kill as many members (of Congress) as possible, with a link to the State of the Union, about which we know that still no date has been set "