Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she will launch a House select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, according to a Roll Call reporter.
The reporter said Pelosi called the day of the attacks “one of the darkest days in our nation's history,” said the committee will probe “the facts and causes of the attack,” to deliver recommendations.
Pelosi confirmed the announcement on her Twitter page.
There were conflicting reports about Pelosi’s intent to create the committee earlier this week.
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During the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, violent, armed rioters opposed to the inauguration of President Joe Biden broke into the Capitol building. More than two dozen members of the Proud Boys far right-wing hate group have been charged in relation to the riots.
Bipartisan legislation to create an independent commission to investigate the attack that had already been passed in the House failed in the Senate, according NPR.
The proposed commission was modeled after the 9/11 terror attacks commission and included a total of 10 commissioners, half Democrats and half Republicans.
Pelosi’s select committee would put majority Democrats in charge of investigations into the Capitol insurrection, said the Associated Press. She would be responsible for picking committee leadership, said earlier this month that she would consider creating such a committee. Republicans would also have to select someone to be on the committee.
Other House committee investigations the riots already underway would likely be folded into the select committee.