A subpoena to Cassidy Hutchinson was nixed after Speaker Mike Johnson's office was reportedly made aware explicit texts lawmakers sent to her.
President Donald Trump tore into former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney on Monday after she received a last-minute pardon from former President Joe Biden.
House Republican leaders announced the plan days after Trump issued pardons for rioters. The aim is to reexamine the 2021 Capitol attack.
House Speaker Mike Johnson announced a new panel to honestly probe the events of January 6, 2021, after Joe Biden issued pardons.
Rep. Barry Loudermilk has already conducted an investigation of his own regarding the events, which are at odds with the findings of the original committee.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday said he will establish a new select subcommittee that will probe the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — and likely dig into the now-defunct Jan. 6 Select
His presidency was just an hour old when Donald Trump excoriated Joe Biden for pardoning GOP officials who investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots—and promised retribution, in the form of salvation.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, on his end, praised Loudermilk's previous work, while the Georgia Rep. said he is looking forward to "continue to uncover all the facts and begin the arduous task of making needed reforms to ensure this level of security failure may never happen again."
Notably, Loudermilk had given a tour of the Capitol to people the day before the insurrection, which included a man who was caught on footage during the Jan. 6 riot, later released by the select committee that investigated the attack, making violent verbal threats against top Democratic lawmakers.
President Joe Biden issued a series of high-profile pardons Monday, citing a commitment to protecting public servants from politically motivated threats and prosecutions. The decision extends clemency to former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley,
House Republicans are suddenly afraid of subpoenaing Cassidy Hutchinson for fear that she could leak some sexually explicit texts.
An aide to House Speaker Mike Johnson advised Republican colleagues against subpoenaing former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson as part of their investigation into Jan. 6, 2021.