Pelosi firm on booting pro-Trump GOP from Jan. 6 riot committee

Speaker Nancy Pelosi won’t be reconsidering an unprecedented decision to block two Republican appointees from a special committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, even though it prompted GOP leaders to walk away from participating entirely.

The California Democrat told reporters Thursday that Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio and Jim Banks of Indiana have made statements that would jeopardize the integrity of the investigation.

The comments counter claims by the GOP that Pelosi and Democrats want to block Republicans from investigating serious security lapses in the Capitol on Jan. 6 and whether Democratic leaders could have done more to prevent rioters from storming the building.