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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries appointed three Democrats to the GOP-led Jan. 6 investigation panel to prevent the committee from whitewashing the events, with Jeffries warning that Republicans will regret their decision to pursue the inquiry, which aims to scrutinize the Capitol riot and related security failures.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan has sent a letter to the IRS Commissioner and Treasury Secretary seeking an explanation for why journalist Matt Taibbi received an unannounced home visit from an IRS agent. Taibbi had testified before a congressional hearing on the growth of a censorship-industrial complex that violates the right to free speech. The circumstances and timing of the IRS focus on Taibbi raise serious questions.