Capitol breach should be investigated like 9/11, lawmakers say | First Thing

Politicians on both sides of the aisle have made fresh calls for a commission into how the Capitol was breached. Plus, is a change of direction brewing in the GOP?

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Democrats and Republicans have made fresh calls for a 9/11-style bipartisan commission to investigate how rioters were able to breach the Capitol on 6 January. After the 2001 terrorist attacks, a commission reviewed how the incidents were possible and laid out plans to prevent them being repeated. Now politicians on both sides of the aisle have called for the deadly Capitol siege to be given the same treatment. As expected, Donald Trump was acquitted at the weekend for his role in inciting the violence, with 57 senators voting to convict against 43 to acquit, meaning Democrats fell short of getting the two-thirds majority required for a conviction.