Speaker Pelosi says independent commission will examine Capitol riot

Investigations into the incident were already planned, with Senate hearings scheduled later this month in the Senate Rules Committee.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Balce Ceneta/AP)

Mon, 15 Feb, 2021 - 21:22

Hope Yen, Associated Press

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Congress will establish an independent commission to look into the deadly insurrection that took place at the US Capitol.

Ms Pelosi said the commission will “investigate and report on the facts and causes relating to the January 6, 2021, domestic terrorist attack upon the United States Capitol Complex … and relating to the interference with the peaceful transfer of power”.