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Republicans Set to Give Jan. 6th a Trump-Like Makeover

Plus: Prepare for a government shutdown

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Joe Perticone
Sep 18, 2025
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Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.). (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

A new House subcommittee has been established to finally, at long last, give the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol the investigation Donald Trump thinks it deserves. Two weeks ago, Republicans tucked its formation into a rule vote that, among other things, approved a resolution expressing support for the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation. The new subcommittee’s Republican members, appointed by House Speaker Mike Johnson, have all held conspiratorial views about what transpired at the Capitol that day.

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