The new committee will further seek to divert blame from Donald Trump for the riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol.

Mike Johnson argued for "redemption" while standing by Trump's controversial decision to issue a sweeping pardon for every single protestor on January 6th. The post ‘We Believe in Redemption’: Speaker Mike Johnson Stands By Trump’s Jan 6 Pardons Despite Past ‘Back the Blue’ Rhetoric first appeared on Mediaite.

Pressed on Donald Trump's Jan. 6 pardons, many Republicans said they want to move on. But as Faulkner wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”

Republican senators pushed back against President Donald Trump’s decision to issue pardons and commute the sentences of Jan. 6 defendants.