Lawmakers call for 9/11-style commission to investigate Capitol attack
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., who crossed party lines and voted alongside six other Republicans to convict former President Donald Trump, said Sunday morning on ABC News' "This Week" that he supports a full investigation into the events of Jan. 6, as other lawmakers who appeared on the show called for a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Capitol attack.
"I think there should be a complete investigation about what happened on Jan. 6. Why was there not more law enforcement, National Guard already mobilized, what was known, who knew it, and when they knew it, all that, because that builds the basis so this never happens again in the future," Cassidy, who said he believes Trump's actions fit the definition of an insurrection, told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos.
"I listened very carefully to all the arguments. But if you describe insurrection as I did, as an attempt to prevent the peaceful transfer of power, we can see the president for two months after the election, promoting that the election was stolen," Cassidy added. "It was clear that he wished that lawmakers be intimidated. And even after he knew there was violence taking place, he continued to basically sanction the mob being there, and not until later that he actually asked him to leave. All of that points to a motive, and a method. And that is wrong, he should be held accountable."
In interviews following Cassidy, House impeachment manager Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., told Stephanopoulos they would support the creation of a 9/11-style independent commission to investigate the attack on the Capitol.
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