U.S. House Select Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson is a serious man.
The Mississippi Democrat is so serious that he has decided to go for the jugular in his panel’s search for the why, how and wherefore of the 1/6 insurrection incited by the then-president of the United States of America.
The scope of the documents he is seeking is breathtaking.
He wants to know what POTUS 45 allegedly did to keep a grip on power after he lost the 2020 election to President Biden. He has seeking documents from the National Archives, the Pentagon, the White House, the ex-POTUS’s lawyers.
We all know what happened on 1/6. The former president encouraged an angry mob of terrorists to take back the government. They went to Capitol Hill shouting their desire to fulfill the former POTUS’s wishes.
This investigation in truth should be handled by an independent commission. The Senate Republican caucus blocked that event from occurring. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi chose the select panel and gave the chairman’s gavel to Rep. Thompson.
I wish the chairman well — along with the rest of the select panel — as they take the deep dive into what the hell happened that day and as they search for recommendations to keep such a horrific act from ever recurring.