Republicans want five pro-Trump representatives on Capitol riot panel

The US Capitol (Jose Luis Magana/AP)

House of Representatives Republican leader Kevin McCarthy has picked five Republicans to sit on the new select committee to investigate the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol, signalling that Republicans will participate in the investigation that they have staunchly opposed.

Mr McCarthy said he has selected Representative Jim Banks, who recently visited former President Donald Trump on trips to the US-Mexico border and Mr Trump’s New Jersey golf club, to be the top Republican on the panel.