Republicans are closer to getting complete Jan 6 Committee records as part of the House Rules Package

Republicans We have proposed a new package of rules to secure records belonging the the House Select Committee on Jan. 6th Attack investigating Capitol breach. The House Minority leader asked for the preservation of all the findings from the panel.

The Jan. 6 Committee has made some transcripts available to the public. The vast majority of the raw information that the Jan. 6 Committee has collected will be sent to National Archives. It could be kept there for as long as 30 years, or even 50 years, depending on whether the records are sensitive.

The rules are as follows: package The GOP has directed the Jan. 6 Committee to transmit all documents they have gathered in connection with the investigation to the House Committee on House Administration no later than Jan. 17.

It also directs the Archivist of America, the head of National Archives, to return all records received before this date.

“Any records transferred or withdrawn pursuant to this subsection shall become the records of the Committee on House Administration,” The proposal states.

Preservation of Records

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R.Calif.), had written an article back in November. letter To the Chairman of the Jan.6 Committee, asking for preservation of all records and transcripts of testimony during the investigation.

“Some reports suggest that entire swaths of findings will be left out of the committee’s final report. You have spent a year and a half and millions of taxpayers’ dollars conducting this investigation,” The letter contained the following:

“The official Congressional Records do not belong to you or any member, but to the American people, and they are owed all of the information you gathered—not merely the information that comports with your political agenda.”

McCarthy recently told the Jan. 6 Committee also that Republicans will have hearings on security breaches that took place on the day they take control of the House.

GOP Findings

A group of five House Republicans who were part of a shadow committee published a report last month that focused on the reasons why Jan. 6 was not prepared for. It states that U.S. Capitol Police failed to recognize the potential for violence that day.

“The USCP Intelligence and Interagency Coordination Division [IICD] failed to warn USCP leadership and line officers about the threat of violence, despite the fact that IICD analysts gathered intelligence that clearly indicated a need for a hardened security posture,” The report said.

It then accused Julie Farnam, leader of IICD, of having had “misplaced priorities.” Republicans are said to have been excluded from key security discussions by the then-House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving at the direction of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and the House Democratic leadership.

According to the report, USCP line agents were also not well-trained and equipped to protect Capitol Complex that day.

Naveen Athrappully, a news reporter at The Epoch Times, covers business and global events.

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