House GOP seeks to rewrite Jan. 6 -- and absolve Donald Trump

House GOP seeks to rewrite Jan. 6 — and absolve Donald Trump
We all know what happened, but a new committee hopes to muddy the waters

By Heather Digby Parton
Columnist
Published October 2, 2025 6:45AM (EDT)


(Salon) With the federal government now officially shut down, the House of Representatives has a lot of time on its hands. All the action is now centered in the Senate, where all but three members of the Democratic caucus are refusing to go along with Republicans to pass the House’s continuing resolution that would reopen the government and extend funding at current levels until Nov. 21.

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Instead, some Republicans members are likely preparing for another game of smoke-and-mirrors when the shutdown is over: Rewriting the narrative of what happened on Jan. 6, 2021.

Since we all saw what happened in real time on live television, this may mark their most ambitious attempt yet to bend reality to President Donald Trump’s will. But it’s not simply about satisfying the president. House Republicans seem intent on revenge.

According to POLITICO, the GOP caucus is still seething over the original investigation by the Jan. 6 select committee, which was largely composed of Democrats and implicated Trump in the violence and destruction perpetrated by his supporters. The original committee, led by Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi and former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, “was rigged,” according to Johnson. ................(more)

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