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September 8, 2025
Politics

Dems Tap Russia Hoax Leaker for New January 6 Committee.

PULSE POINTS

❓WHAT HAPPENED: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) nominated Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) to serve as the top Democrat on the new January 6 panel.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Reps. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

📍WHEN & WHERE: Announcement made Monday; panel will operate under the House Judiciary Committee.

💬KEY QUOTE: “House Democrats will continue to forcefully and aggressively push back, as we did with Donald Trump’s second impeachment and the work done by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol.” – Hakeem Jeffries

🎯IMPACT: The eight-member panel will investigate January 6 events and issue a final report by 2026.

IN FULL

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on Monday nominated California Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) to be the top Democrat on the new Republican-led January 6 committee, tasked with investigating the Capitol riots and subsequent actions of the corrupt, Democrat-led select committee. The National Pulse reported in December of the last year that Swalwell—along with then-Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA)—were identified by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General as having leaked classified materials to the media to push the Russia hoax narrative against President Donald J. Trump during his first term in office.

“Instead of lowering costs for everyday Americans, House Republicans are once again trying to rewrite history and corrupt our electoral system,” Rep. Jeffries said in a statement, adding: “House Democrats will continue to forcefully and aggressively push back, as we did with Donald Trump’s second impeachment and the work done by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol.”

Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) will chair the new select subcommittee, formed under the House Judiciary Committee. During the previous Congress, Loudermilk oversaw House Republican-led inquiries into the riots and the defunct January 6 Select Committee initiated under former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

Joining Swalwell as Democratic members of the new select subcommittee are Reps. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL). While Crockett is known for being a highly partisan Democrat and prone to ostentatious political stunts, Moskowitz does have a track record of bipartisan legislating. Notably, while Democrats are allowed the seats on the committee, the picks must receive final approval from House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).

Speaker Johnson has yet to name the three House Republicans who will join Chairman Loudermilk on the select subcommittee, though the selections are expected to be announced soon. Under its authorizing resolution, the committee is charged with releasing a final report on its findings by the end of next year.

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July 23, 2025
William Upton
News

House GOP Finally Moves to Investigate J6 Feds and J6 Committee.

PULSE POINTS

❓WHAT HAPPENED: Over six months after announcing they would establish their own select subcommittee to investigate allegations surrounding the involvement of federal agents prior to and during the January 6, 2021, House Republicans have finally filed a resolution to create the investigative panel.

👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Congressman Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), the House Judiciary Committee, Congressional Republicans, Congressional Democrats, and federal agents.

📍WHEN & WHERE: The select subcommittee was initially announced in January, with the authorizing resolution only being filed on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.

💬KEY QUOTE: “House Republicans are proud of our work so far in exposing the false narratives peddled by the politically motivated January 6 Select Committee during the 117th Congress, but there is clearly more work to be done.” — Speaker Mike Johnson

🎯IMPACT: House committee chairmen have pledged to extend their jurisdictional authority to the select subcommittee, and Loudermilk will have full subpoena power.

IN FULL

House Republicans are finally beginning the process of establishing their own select subcommittee to investigate the involvement of federal agents prior to and during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots, and alleged malfeasance by the January 6 Committee established by Congressional Democrats. Congressman Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), who has championed the effort, is slated to lead the select subcommittee.

The Republican-led investigation into federal knowledge of and involvement with January 6 was announced by GOP House leadership over six months ago, but was sidelined due to internal disagreements over the scope of its authority. However, Loudermilk’s effort recently received a boost of momentum after President Donald J. Trump began pushing Republican lawmakers to prioritize an investigation.

“House Republicans are proud of our work so far in exposing the false narratives peddled by the politically motivated January 6 Select Committee during the 117th Congress, but there is clearly more work to be done,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said in a statement. “The resolution introduced today will establish this Select Subcommittee so we can continue our efforts to uncover the full truth that is owed to the American people. House Republicans remain intent on delivering the answers that House Democrats skipped over.”

While the process to establish the committee is now underway, Republican House leaders have indicated that it will still be several months before Loudermilk can officially initiate the January 6 inquiry. A vote on the resolution establishing the select subcommittee—including its investigative authority and scope—is expected to be held in September when Congress returns from the August recess.

Initially, after being announced in January, the select subcommittee was delayed over the issue of whether Chairman Loudermilk would be restricted to just the Congressional jurisdiction of the Judiciary Committee. Speaker Johnson initially backed a narrow investigatory scope over Loudermilk’s objections. However, it appears the Speaker has relented, and other House committee chairmen have pledged to extend their jurisdictional authority to the select subcommittee, and Loudermilk will have full subpoena power.

“It is vital that we continue to uncover the facts and begin the task of making needed reforms to ensure this level of security failure may never happen again,” Loudermilk said in a statement, noting that his prior investigation—while more narrow in scope—”uncovered that what happened at the Capitol that day was the result of a series of intelligence, security, and leadership failures at multiple levels within numerous entities.”

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December 18, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News

Trump Warns Liz Cheney ‘Could Be in a Lot of Trouble’ After J6 Witness Tampering Report.

President Donald J. Trump has warned former Congresswoman Liz Cheney “could be in a lot of trouble” after a congressional report accused her of tampering with January 6 Committee witness Cassidy Hutchison. The Committee on House Administration’s Subcommittee on Oversight found that Cheney, then the Vice Chairwoman of the January 6 Committee, “tampered with at least one witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, by secretly communicating with Hutchinson without Hutchinson’s attorney’s knowledge.”

“Liz Cheney could be in a lot of trouble based on the evidence obtained by the subcommittee, which states that ‘numerous federal laws were likely broken by Liz Cheney, and these violations should be investigated by the FBI,'” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, offering thanks to subcommittee chairman Rep. Barry Loudermilk on for “a job well done.”

Specifically, the subcommittee report says Cheney’s “secret communication with a witness [was] improper and likely violates 18 U.S.C. 1512.”

Fellow Trump administration turncoat Alyssa Farah Griffin often acted as a go-between for Hutchinson and Cheney, with conservative commentators such as Jack Posobiec questioning whether Griffin helped Cheney to persuade Hutchinson to change her testimony. The subcommittee report suggests Hutchinson likely perjured herself while giving testimony to the January 6 Committee—but the FBI’s failure to turn over crucial documents has made this difficult to verify definitively.

Infamously, Hutchinson claimed President Trump “lunged” for the steering wheel of the presidential limousine after his driver refused to take him to the Capitol on January 6—a claim the driver categorically refuted in evidence to the January 6 Committee, which was suppressed until March this year.

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President Donald J. Trump has warned former Congresswoman Liz Cheney "could be in a lot of trouble" after a congressional report accused her of tampering with January 6 Committee witness Cassidy Hutchison. The Committee on House Administration’s Subcommittee on Oversight found that Cheney, then the Vice Chairwoman of the January 6 Committee, "tampered with at least one witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, by secretly communicating with Hutchinson without Hutchinson’s attorney’s knowledge." show more
November 21, 2024
News

REPORT: Pentagon Delayed National Guard Response on Jan. 6.

A House Republican-led investigation into the events surrounding the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021, is accusing Department of Defense (DOD) officials of delaying the deployment of the National Guard and subsequently covering it up. Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), who is overseeing a review of the partisan investigation conducted by former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), has requested that the Department of Defense’s inspector general amend its November 2021 report on the matter.

In a letter, Loudermilk asserted that numerous discrepancies in the report indicate a possible partisan cover-up. Through an analysis of various documents and testimonies, Loudermilk’s Subcommittee on Oversight for the House Administration Committee concluded that the Pentagon was responsible for delays in deploying the National Guard. The subcommittee also alleges that the inspector general’s office omitted key testimonies critical of then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy for his lack of communication with the Guard.

Loudermilk revealed Trump’s order to have 10,000 troops ready on standby on the day of electoral certification. The Georgia Congressman asserts this decision was covered up during the official proceedings of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 riots. Additionally, he notes that former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, at the time, expressed concerns about deploying troops due to the potential optics in the Capitol.

In March, Kash Patel, the former chief of staff at the DOD, affirmed Trump’s order to have National Guard soldiers at the ready. Patel added that senior Pentagon officials were in contact with and consulting with Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s office.

Loudermilk’s letter requests the inspector general ensure historical records accurately reflect these events.

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A House Republican-led investigation into the events surrounding the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021, is accusing Department of Defense (DOD) officials of delaying the deployment of the National Guard and subsequently covering it up. Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), who is overseeing a review of the partisan investigation conducted by former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), has requested that the Department of Defense's inspector general amend its November 2021 report on the matter. show more
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October 22, 2024
William Upton
Lawfare

Even More Evidence Emerges that Jan 6 Star Witness Cassidy Hutchinson Lied to Congress.

A report compiled by the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight reveals new allegations that the January 6 Committee‘s star witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, lied to Congress. According to the report, an analysis by a handwriting expert contradicts Hutchinson’s testimony, in which she claims she wrote a note to President Donald J. Trump during the Capitol riots. Hutchinson testified in June 2022 that she had dictated the words of then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, suggesting a potential statement for the president to make.

“Anyone who entered the Capitol illegally without proper authority should leave immediately,” the note Hutchinson claims she wrote read, with the world “illegally” crossed out. Then-Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY)—a staunchly anti-Trump Republican-in-name-only who has endorsed Kamala Harris—displayed the note during Hutchinson’s testimony.

HANDWRITING ANALYSIS.

However, following Hutchinson’s testimony, White House attorney Eric Herschmann came forward and stated that he had, in fact, been the author of the note and not Hutchinson—directly contracting her testimony and undermining her claims regarding her presence and knowledge of conversations in the White House during the riots.

“This new evidence provided by an independent, Certified Questioned Document Examiner, not only contradicts Ms. Hutchinson’s numerous claims that she penned the note, but also exposes the Select Committee’s willingness to accept all her testimonies without corroboration or further investigation,” the Subcommittee on Oversight’s chairman, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the handwriting analyst’s report reads: “Based on the documents submitted, the evidence supports my opinion that the handwriting that appears on the Questioned Document was written in the same hand as the exemplars.” The term “exemplars” refers to a handwriting sample submitted by Hirschmann.

A HISTORY OF LIES.

Hutchinson’s previous testimony has either been disproven or called into question. Her assertion that Trump lunged for the wheel in his presidential ‘Beast’ limousine on January 6 has been directly contradicted by Trump’s Secret Service driver. Additionally, Hutchinson’s recollections of Meadows accidentally consuming alcohol and claim that Russ Vought was a “faithful Mormon” have proven false and have been derided for their blatant inaccuracy.

Even her denial that she ever dated Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has been shown as false, with The National Pulse obtaining screenshots of her late-night FaceTime calls with Gaetz and texts to friends bragging about their dates.

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A report compiled by the House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight reveals new allegations that the January 6 Committee's star witness, Cassidy Hutchinson, lied to Congress. According to the report, an analysis by a handwriting expert contradicts Hutchinson's testimony, in which she claims she wrote a note to President Donald J. Trump during the Capitol riots. Hutchinson testified in June 2022 that she had dictated the words of then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, suggesting a potential statement for the president to make. show more
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July 29, 2024
William Upton
Politics

NANCY KNEW: Pelosi’s Aides Warned of Capitol Breach Night Before Jan 6.

Two senior security aides in the House under then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) received explicit warnings from the Capitol Police regarding possible demonstrations on January 5, 2021. The warnings indicated that rioters might attempt to breach the U.S. Capitol using the tunnel systems and obstruct lawmakers from certifying Joe Biden‘s election, according to recently disclosed documents.

Deputy House Sergeant at Arms Tim Blodgett was notified by Capitol Police Deputy Chief Sean Gallagher at 8:55 PM on January 5, with emails forwarding the alert to then-Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving. Gallagher’s email highlighted online comments about groups aiming to access tunnel entrances and disrupt members of Congress. Additional warnings about threats to Supreme Court justices were communicated that night. Former Pelosi chief of staff, Terri McCullough, was briefed the following morning, hours before the Capitol was breached.

Congressional investigators believe these communications may explain why Pelosi, in a video recently surfaced, accepted responsibility for the security failures on January 6. The National Pulse reported that during their flight from the Capitol, Pelosi is recorded telling McCullough, “We have responsibility, Terri,” and admitting a lack of preparedness.

House Administration Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) plans to question Pelosi‘s staff on the details of these warnings and their subsequent actions. In a recent interview, Loudermilk suggested Pelosi or her staff might have rejected Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund‘s request for National Guard deployment.

Additionally, emails obtained by Loudermilk’s committee show that Pelosi’s team reviewed and edited security-related messages sent to House members. These communications and other newly released records were not mentioned in the January 6 Select Committee’s report.

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Two senior security aides in the House under then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) received explicit warnings from the Capitol Police regarding possible demonstrations on January 5, 2021. The warnings indicated that rioters might attempt to breach the U.S. Capitol using the tunnel systems and obstruct lawmakers from certifying Joe Biden's election, according to recently disclosed documents. show more
January 22, 2024
Ed Kozak
Politics

House Jan 6 Committee Deleted Encrypted Files Days Before GOP Takeover.

The former House Select Committee on January 6 deleted 117 encrypted files days before Republicans took control of Congress, a forensic investigation by the Committee on House Administration’s Subcommittee on Oversight found.

The Subcommittee on Oversight, led by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga), is currently tasked with investigating January 6 and was supposed to receive over four terabytes of data from the now-defunct Democract-led January 6 committee, helmed by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss). However, Loudermilk’s committee received hard drives containing less than three terabytes of data. This led the Subcommittee on Oversight to hire a digital forensics team to investigate what information was withheld. The team discovered that 117 files were encrypted and deleted on January 1, 2023, only days before Thompson’s committee was supposed to hand the files over to Loudermilk.

Although the missing files have been recovered, the majority are password-protected and cannot currently be accessed, Loudermilk explained in a letter to Thompson demanding that the passwords be handed over. Loudermilk has also sent letters to the White House and Department of Homeland Security requesting “unedited and unredacted transcripts” of testimony given to the January 6 Committee.

“It’s obvious that Pelosi’s Select Committee went to great lengths to prevent Americans from seeing certain documents produced in their investigation. It also appears that Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney intended to obstruct our Subcommittee by failing to preserve critical information and videos as required by House rules,” Loudermilk said in a statement given to Fox News Digital. “The American people deserve to know the full truth, and Speaker Johnson has empowered me to use all tools necessary to recover these documents to get the truth, and I will.”

Loudermilk previously revealed that video depositions of witnesses for the January 6 Committee were destroyed.
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The former House Select Committee on January 6 deleted 117 encrypted files days before Republicans took control of Congress, a forensic investigation by the Committee on House Administration's Subcommittee on Oversight found. show more
December 1, 2023
William Upton
Corruption

The Jan 6 Committee Depositions Have Been Destroyed, Reveals Congressman.

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) says the video depositions of witnesses for the Democrat-controlled January 6 Committee – including Cassidy Hutchinson among others – have been destroyed. According to Loudermilk, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) – who chaired the partisan committee – did not believe preserving the video data was necessary.

Loudermilk says when he asked Thompson for the files, the Democrat Congressman confirmed to him they had been destroyed. Expressing frustration with these actions, Loudermilk said, “…according to House rules, you have to preserve any data and any information and documents that are used in an official proceeding.”

The revelation of the deposition tape destructions came after Rep. Loudermilk says he was asked by a constituent for information from one sitting. The Congressman’s staff quickly realized something was amiss when they were unable to locate the tapes. This prompted the Georgia Republican to ask Rep. Thompson for his committee’s original files.

According to Loudermilk, because Rep. Thompson and House Democrats aired portions of the video depositions during the January 6 Committee hearings, House Rules required the Committee to preserve the tapes. Undeterred, Rep. Loudermilk says he still believes the complete video of witness depositions “exists somewhere.”

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Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) says the video depositions of witnesses for the Democrat-controlled January 6 Committee – including Cassidy Hutchinson among others - have been destroyed. According to Loudermilk, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) – who chaired the partisan committee – did not believe preserving the video data was necessary. show more