As Republicans gear up to retake power in the House, incoming chairs of the top two investigative committees have rolled out a list of planned investigations. But investigators appear to have little appetite to use subpoena power in one area: Jan. 6.
Committee Ranking Member James Comer speaks during a House Oversight Committee hearing, Dec. 14, 2022, in Washington.As Republicans gear up to retake power in the House next year, incoming chairs of the two top investigative committees in the House of Representatives have rolled out a laundry list of planned investigations – but top Republican investigators appear to have little appetite to use their newfound subpoena power in one area: Jan. 6.
Comer's comments come as some members of the Republican conference continue to call for an investigation of Democrats and the Capitol attack following the more than a year-long House Jan. 6 committee probe that'sCommittee Ranking Member James Comer speaks during a House Oversight Committee hearing, Dec. 14, 2022, in Washington.MORE: Jan.
A video of former President Donald Trump is shown on a screen as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its final public meeting in Washington, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022.House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has signaled Republicans planned to investigate the Jan. 6 panel's work, sending a letter to the House select committee investigating the attack to preserve all its documents.
At a news conference last week McCarthy said Republicans do plan to look into the committee's work, but did not elaborate on what that would look like. In the weeks since Republicans captured the House, Comer and Jordan have been busy putting their investigative targets on notice. The pair held a news conference the day after Republicans clinched the House laying out their probes into President Biden's family, including his son Hunter.
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