WASHINGTON. 16 February, 2021 (TON): An independent commission is to be established as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says “Congress will establish an outside, independent commission to investigate the 6 January attack on the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump.”

The commission would be modeled on the inquiry into the 11 September, 2001 attacks on New York and the Pentagon, the letter by Pelosi stated.

Former President, Donald Trump was impeached for inciting violence; however, the impeachment could not prove his conviction.

Ms. Pelosi said that US Army Lieutenant General Russel Honoré had, over the past few weeks, been assessing the security needs of the Capitol in light of the attack.

"It is clear from his findings and from the impeachment trial that we must get to the truth of how this happened," she said.

The commission, she said, "would investigate and report on the facts and causes" of the attack; "the interference with the peaceful transfer of power"; and the "preparedness and response" of both the Capitol police and other branches of law enforcement

She also said that, based on Lt Gen Honoré's initial findings, Congress needed to allocate additional funding to "provide for the safety of members and the security of the Capitol".

As Trump’s conviction could not be made and he survived the trial as the Democrat prosecutors failed to secure the two-thirds majority needed to convict him and now demanding a commission to find out the reality behind it.