Early release: The Aftermath Episode 5
Added 2023-01-04 20:06:54 +0000 UTCListen to the latest episode of our January 6 podcast before everyone else!
This episode—our fifth—explores another aspect of Congress’s response to Jan. 6: efforts to create an investigative body to find out what had happened. Proposals for a national commission began the day after the attack and continued to gain traction with support from both Democrats and Republicans. After a months-long negotiation, the House passed a bill establishing a bipartisan national commission on the model of the 9/11 Commission, which had conducted a widely-respected investigation of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. But by the time the bill came to the floor, the political winds had shifted, and Senate Republicans ensured its ultimate failure. This led, perhaps surprisingly, to the creation of the now-famous Jan. 6 Select Committee—which was no one’s first choice. But why did it come to this?
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As with all Episodes, this one was fantastic!
Mary Farrimond
2023-01-04 22:14:09 +0000 UTC
