House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and other House GOP leaders blasted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Tuesday morning, accusing her of being ultimately responsible for security failures at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. PELOSI BANS GOP REPS. JIM JORDAN, JIM BANKS FROM SERVING ON JAN. 6 COMMITTEE, MCCARTHY THREATENS TOTAL BOYCOTT"Dec. 14, the leadership knew there was a problem," McCarthy said. On Jan. 4, House Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving – who reports to Pelosi – denied a request to send in the National Guard to help handle the crowd on Jan. 6. "But unfortunately, Speaker Pelosi will only pick on people onto the committee that will ask the questions she wants asked," McCarthy said. "That becomes a failed committee and a failed report, a sham that no one can believe.

Source: Fox News July 27, 2021 14:03 UTC