Chairman Loudermilk Issues Statement Ahead of Fifth Anniversary of January 6th

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 5, 2026
CONTACT: 
Brandon Cockerham

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) issued the following statement ahead of the five-year anniversary of January 6, 2021:

“Over the course of the three years I have spent investigating the events surrounding January 6, a few things have become clear: The intelligence suggested January 6 was going to be a lot worse than it was, yet the Capitol was still breached; former USCP Chief of Police Steven Sund was denied the National Guard numerous times leading up to and on January 6; the Capitol Complex is no more secure today than it was on January 6; and Democrat’s January 6 Select Committee was never about uncovering the truth or fixing the security failures—it was a partisan exercise designed to advance a narrative to target President Trump and his political allies. This partisan exercise will be reenacted tomorrow as Rep. Bennie Thompson carefully reads a prepared script like he once did as Chair of the Select Committee.

“Speaker Nancy Pelosi's unprecedented rejection of Kevin McCarthy’s selections for the Select Committee set a partisan tone, resulting in a panel that lacked a true ranking minority member and operated without essential checks and balances. This allowed Rep. Thompson, former Rep. Liz Cheney, and the rest of their pardoned Select Committee Member colleagues to ignore exculpatory evidence, suppress dissenting witnesses, and operate without due process or cross-examination. Even former Biden-era Special Prosecutor Jack Smith rejected some of the Select Committee’s assertions characterizing Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony as ‘secondhand hearsay’ and that her testimony ‘may or may not be admissible’ in court. Hutchinson was Thompson and Cheney’s star witness who formed the basis of the Select Committee’s false, but most sensational claims against President Trump.

“True accountability requires focusing on facts, not selective storytelling for partisan gain. My Select Subcommittee remains committed to transparency and accountability and ensuring the security failures that occurred on January 6 and the partisan investigation that followed never happen again.”

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