Johnson names members for new GOP-led House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack

Speaker Mike Johnson selected GOP Reps. Morgan Griffith (Va.), Troy Nehls (Texas), Harriet Hageman (Wyo.) and Clay Higgins (La.) to serve on the new panel tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, led by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.).

Johnson also approved House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ picks for the panel: Democratic Reps. Eric Swalwell (Calif.), Jasmine Crockett (Tex.) and Jared Moskowitz (Fla.).

Loudermilk has said he wants to publish his own report on the events at the Capitol that day, a rebuke of the Democratic-led committee that investigated the attack in its immediate aftermath.

House Democrats have argued the new effort is a distraction.

The panel, which took months to formalize, is operating as a select subcommittee under House Judiciary, but Loudermilk will have full subpoena power. Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) will be ex officio members. Raskin also served on the last panel tasked with investigating the attack.