Congressman Ro Khanna (D- CA) indicated Friday that Democrats may be pursuing a select committee to investigate the January 6th riots now that the first attempt at such an investigation did not pass.

With most Senate Republicans tanking the measure to create a 1/6 commission, one option is for Speaker Nancy Pelosi to establish a select committee instead.

Chris Hayes asked Khanna about Democrats now pursuing this idea. Khanna noted Pelosi has said it’s an option while “bend[ing] over backward to try to make this bipartisan.”

“Now what we’re gonna have is a select committee that will have Republicans on it still, but we’re gonna have the power to subpoena, and we will get the facts. But this is not disappearing in any way,” he added.

Hayes said the negotiations between the chair and ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee seemed intended “to get to an actual objective” and not just using it as “a messaging vote.”

“You think there will be forward movement on some select committee, that’s basically clear, right?” he asked Khanna.

“That’s 100%. There’s going to be a select committee. There will be an investigation,” Khanna said.

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