The '''Pelosi Panel''' otherwise known as the '''January 6 Select Committee''' was a [[partisan]] [[witchhunt]] and [[demonization]] project formed by [[San Francisco values|San Francisco]] [[Democrat]] Rep. [[Nancy Pelosi]] after the [[United States Senate]] and [[Joe Biden]]<ref>https://www.axios.com/biden-jan-6-commission-67eb120f-5c0b-48e6-be77-08158ef94441.html</ref> rejected the idea of forming a [[bipartisan]] commission to investigate the [[2021 Capitol insurrection hoax]].<ref>https://www.voanews.com/usa/us-senate-votes-block-panel-probe-capitol-riot</ref> While first offerring [[Republican]]s to participate, Pelosi booted off Republican members<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/pelosi-rejects-jordan-and-banks-for-jan-6-committee-as-house-gop-says-it-will-launch-its-own-investigation-194806464.html</ref> and named two of her own hand selected Republican [[NeverTrump]]ers to give it the appearance of bipartisanship. Pelosi did not want to answer questions about her own involvement in rejecting National Guard security in the days before the January 6 fiasco.<ref>https://freedomjournalist.com/it-was-a-set-up-both-dc-mayor-pelosi-turned-down-national-guard-on-jan-6/</ref>
The Capitol Police Chief requested National Guard presence prior to January 6,<ref> https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/01/07/this-is-why-the-national-guard-didnt-respond-to-the-attack-on-the-capitol/</ref> and was rejected six times.<ref>https://www.npr.org/2021/01/11/955548910/ex-capitol-police-chief-rebuffs-claims-national-guard-was-never-called-during-ri</ref> Pelosi was concerned about the "optics" of having a National Guard presence on January 6.<ref>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/01/fear-of-bad-optics-may-have-contributed-to-capitol-security-failure</ref>
Pelosi initiated the hearings after her second failed [[Impeachment 2.0|sham impeachment]],<ref>https://americandigest.com/legal-scholars-advocate-for-dismissal-of-impeachment-after-trump-leaves-office/comment-page-1/</ref> this time aimed at Trump voters and not the President himself.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/16/pelosis-trump-impeachment-30/</ref>