US Congress to set up commission to investigate Capitol attack

Independent commission will ‘get to the truth’ about January 6 mob attack, says Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

The United States Congress will establish an independent commission to investigate and report on the January 6 siege of the US Capitol, a top Democratic Party lawmaker said on Monday. US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a note to House members that the commission would be modelled on one set up after the attacks of September 11, 2001. “To protect our security … our next step will be to establish an outside, independent 9/11-type commission to investigate and report on the facts and causes relating to the January 6, 2021, domestic terrorist attack,” Pelosi said.