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Speaker Johnson forms committee to probe Jan. 6, Democrats’ original investigation

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Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R- Ga. ) will chair the new subcommittee, which will be housed within the House Judiciary Committee .

The panel will likely dig into the now-defunct Jan. 6 select committee that was led by Rep. Bennie Thompson and then-Rep. Liz Cheney .

The move comes as many Republicans have defended or brushed aside President Trump ’s pardons this week of nearly all rioters involved in the attack.

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