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5/29/21

USA: How Mitch McConnell killed the US Capitol attack commission and "participated in the killing of what is left of US democracy" - by Hugo Lowell

Days before the Senate voted down the creation of a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Capitol attack, the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, was adamant: he would oppose the bill, regardless of any amendments – and he expected his colleagues to follow suit.

The commission that would have likely found Donald Trump and some Republicans responsible for the insurrection posed an existential threat to the GOP ahead of the midterms, he said, and would complicate efforts to regain the majority in Congress.

Read more at: How Mitch McConnell killed the US Capitol attack commission | US Capitol breach | The Guardian

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