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Pelosi blocks GOP picks for riot panel

By Susan Ferrechio
Published July 21, 2021 5:12pm ET
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Pelosi blocks GOP picks for riot panel
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters following escalation of tensions this week between the U.S. and Iran, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House will vote Thursday on a measure limiting President Donald Trump's ability to take military action against Iran as Democratic criticism of the U.S. killing of a top Iranian general intensified. | AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite

Speaker Nancy Pelosi blocked two GOP picks to serve on a panel created to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

Pelosi said Wednesday she won’t allow Reps. Jim Banks of Indiana or Jim Jordan of Ohio to participate, even though the Republican lawmakers were selected by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to serve on the committee.

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