Lawmakers announce long-sought deal on bipartisan commission to probe Jan. 6 riot

Lawmakers announced on Friday that after months of stalled negotiations they had reached an agreement on a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. While Republicans had called for the commission to also look into violence stemming from left-leaning groups, the legislation calls for an investigation only into the riot at the Capitol and "the interference with the peaceful transfer of power, including facts and causes relating to the preparedness and response of the United States Capitol Police... as well as the influencing factors that fomented such attack on American representative democracy." Republicans also gained concessions in that Democrats and Republicans will get equal subpoena power on a body with an even partisan split. A vote on the commission bill is expected on the House floor next week, but the timing for a vote in the Senate is still unclear.