Congress plans commission into Capitol attack | First Thing

Nancy Pelosi says Congress will establish a 9/11-style commission into the facts and causes' of the siege. Plus, a Valentine's Day card mocking George Floyd's death was reportedly circulated among LA police officers

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The House speaker has announced plans to create an independent commission to examine the facts and causes" around the deadly siege on the Capitol on 6 January, modelled on the commission convened after the 9/11 terror attacks. Announcing the move in a letter to members of Congress, Nancy Pelosi said the commission would also examine wider interference with the peaceful transfer of power" and look at the preparedness and response" of law enforcement.