: Trump escapes impeachment but Speaker orders independent 9/11-style probe #IndiaNEWS #International,Politics,Top Story By Ashok NilakantanNew York, July 15 (IANS) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced

Trump escapes impeachment but Speaker orders independent 9/11-style probe #IndiaNEWS #International ,Politics,Top Story
By Ashok NilakantanNew York, July 15 (IANS) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced her plans to establish a 9/11 style independent commission outside the Congress to probe the January 6, 2021 Capitol Hills insurrection, even as bipartisan Senators voted 57-43 to impeach the former president, but failed to get the support of 17 Republicans to have the 2/3rd majority required to convict Trump.
Trump was free to go on impeachment in the second vote of the senate.
Even as Trump got this reprieve with his Trumpification of the Republican party, Pelosi announced plans for Congress to establish an outside and independent commission to investigate the facts and causes related to the attack on the US Capitol last year.
In a letter to her Democratic colleagues on Monday, the California Democrat said the commission will be modelled on the commission established after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
President Joe Biden responded to the Senates acquittal of Trump by reminding Americans that truth must be defended, saying the impeachment of the former President was a stark illustration of the danger posed to democracy by lies, misinformation and extremism.
And Biden said that although Trump was acquitted, his actions in the lead-up to the Jan 6 riots were not in dispute.
This sad chapter in our history has reminded us that democracy is fragile. That it must always be defended. That we must be ever vigilant. That violence and extremism has no place in America. And that each of us has a duty and responsibility as Americans, and especially as leaders, to defend the truth and to defeat the lies, Biden said in a statement.
Bidens statement was preceded by Pelosi noting the recent work of retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, who has been assessing our security needs by reviewing what happened on January 6 and how we must ensure that it does not happen again.
As we prepare for the Commission, it is also clear from General Honores interim reporting that we must put forth a supplemental appropriation to provide for the safety of Members and the security of the Capitol, Pelosi wrote.
Such a move will require legislation and will likely tee up partisan difficulties, NPR WNYC quoted her as saying.
Her letter to colleagues came several hours after four House Republicans sent a letter to Pelosi suggesting she may be responsible for the delay in the deployment of National Guard troops ahead of and during the insurrection.
The letter did not mention Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who on January 6 was still the Senate majority leader and would have also had a say in the Capitols security posture.
Many important questions about your responsibility for the security of the Capitol remain unanswered, the letter read.

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