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GOP blocks bipartisan probe of deadly Jan. 6 riot at Capitol

by Mary Clare JalonickLisa Mascaro
| May 28, 2021 9:30 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans on Friday blocked creation of a bipartisan panel to study the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in a show of party loyalty to former President Donald Trump, aiming to shift the political focus away from the violent insurrection by his GOP supporters.

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