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U.S. House approves Capitol riot probe; many Republicans oppose leadership

Pro-Trump protesters when they stormed into the U.S. Capitol during clashes with police, during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results.[Reuters]

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to create an independent commission to probe the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump’s supporters, as one in six Republicans defied party leaders’ attempts to block it.

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