Independent commission to research Capitol riots
US House Loudspeaker Nancy Pelosi says Congress will establish an "exterior, independent" commission to research the 6 January assault on the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump.
In a letter to lawmakers, she stated the commission will be modelled on the inquiry in to the 11 September 2001 attacks on New York and the Pentagon.
"We must reach the reality of how this took place," she said.
Ex - President Trump was acquitted by the Senate of inciting the violence.
But Democrats plus some Republicans have backed an independent probe into the riots, which kept five people dead.
Ms Pelosi said that US Army Lieutenant General Russel Honoré had, in the last couple of weeks, been assessing the reliability requirements of the Capitol found in light of the strike.
"It is clear from his findings and from the impeachment trial that people must get to the truth of how this took place," she said.
The commission, she said, "would investigate and report on the reality and causes" of the attack; "the interference with the calm transfer of electric power"; and the "preparedness and response" of both the Capitol police and other branches of law enforcement.
She also said that, predicated on Lt Gen Honoré's initial findings, Congress had a need to allocate additional financing to "give the basic safety of members and the secureness of the Capitol".
Mr Trump survived his second impeachment trial - the only president to handle the procedure twice - on Saturday, just after Democrat prosecutors didn't secure the two-thirds majority had a need to convict him.
The vote split largely along party lines, with the seven Republicans joining the Senate's 48 Democrats and two independents in voting to convict.
The senior Republican in Congress, Senator Mitch McConnell, had voted against conviction on constitutional grounds, but following the vote declared Mr Trump "responsible" for the assault on the Capitol.
"President Trump is still liable for everything he did while he was in workplace," Mr McConnell told the chamber. "He didn't escape with anything yet."
Other Republicans have also expressed support for an unbiased inquiry in to the riots, including a close ally of Mr Trump, Senator Lindsay Graham. He told Fox News Sunday that the ex - president bore some culpability for occasions on 6 January.
"His behaviour following the election was over the top," Sen Graham explained. "We need a 9/11 commission to discover what happened and make sure it never happens once again."
