JUST IN: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just informed colleagues she will formally announce plans to launch a select House committee to investigate the 1/6 Capitol insurrection today. As @mkraju reported Pelosi hinted earlier this week that this was coming.

cnn.com/2021/06/22/pol…
Pelosi makes it official:

“This morning with great solemnity and sadness I’m announcing that the House will be establishing a select committee on the January 6th insurrection.”
Here is our full story on today’s major announcement of @SpeakerPelosi’s plan to launch a select House committee to investigate the 1/6 Capitol Insurrection. w/ @ckmarie & @jeremyherb:

cnn.com/2021/06/24/pol…
Pressed by @DaniellaMicaela if the committee will subpoena Kevin McCarthy to testify- @SpeakerPelosi says:

“I’m not going into what the committee will do. That’s up to the committee to make their determination. But it is clear that the Republicans are afraid of the truth.”

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