House votes to launch new probe into US Capitol insurrection

FILE – In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, rioters supporting President Donald Trump storm the Capitol in Washington. The House is poised to launch a new investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection on Wednesday, Jan. 30, with expected approval of a 13-person select committee to probe the violent attack. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

The House of Representatives has launched a new investigation into the Capitol insurrection of January 6, approving a special committee to probe the violent attack as police officers who were injured fighting Donald Trump’s supporters watched from the gallery.

The vote to form the panel was 222-190, with Republicans objecting that majority Democrats would be in charge. The action came after Senate Republicans blocked the creation of an independent commission that would have been evenly split between the two parties.