Maybe the House will find out the truth.
New reporting:
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 8, 2021
The new Senate report on Jan 6 security failures was carefully negotiated to win GOP buy-in, which required minimizing the importance of Trump's lies about the election and the real motive of the rioters, a Dem aide tells me.
Details here:https://t.co/zlCMEZoV20
Sen. James Lankford rejected calls for broad Jan. 6 probe and to look into Trump’s role into attack, telling me doing so would amount to “political voyeurism at this point rather than actually to figure out what we are trying to discern.” The new report steered clear of Trump
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 8, 2021
Sources tell CNN that in order for this report to have support from both parties, the language had to be carefully crafted. That included excluding the word "insurrection," which does not appear outside of quotes and footnotes. https://t.co/kVgGg4ZzCp
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) June 8, 2021
A senate report on Jan 6 with zero examination of Trump’s role and banishment of the word “insurrection”. https://t.co/8ZcyBL6tnZ
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 8, 2021
Sen. @lisamurkowski threw cold water on the idea of Republicans somehow getting behind an independent commission — telling me "I think we've already had that vote"
— Rachel Scott (@rachelvscott) June 8, 2021
Sad! 