WASHINGTON — Rep. Barry Loudermilk, who has led the charge for House Republicans to reexamine the events of Jan. 6, 2021, is slated to continue his probe this Congress under the auspices of Jim Jordan and the House Judiciary Committee, according to Speaker Mike Johnson.

Johnson announced Wednesday his intent to create a new select subcommittee, after requests from Loudermilk for more latitude to carry out his investigation.

“House Republicans are proud of our work so far in exposing the false narratives peddled by the politically motivated January 6 Select Committee during the 117th Congress, but there is still more work to be done,” Johnson said in a statement. “We are establishing this Select Subcommittee to continue our efforts to uncover the full truth that is owed to the American people.”

Loudermilk chaired the House Administration Oversight Subcommittee in the 118th Congress, where he steered the subpanel’s controversial look into the events of the Capitol attack.

Under Loudermilk’s leadership, the subcommittee cleared the Georgia Republican’s name for allegedly offering a reconnaissance tour ahead of the attack, moved to publicly release security footage and cast doubt on the work of the now-defunct Democrat-led select committee that laid the lion’s share of blame at the feet of President Donald Trump.

In the subcommittee’s final report, Loudermilk suggested that the vice chair of that select committee, former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., should be investigated by the FBI. Loudermilk’s Democratic colleagues have accused him and others in the House GOP of attempting to whitewash Jan. 6.

“What happened at the Capitol that day was the result of a series of intelligence, security, and leadership failures at multiple levels within numerous entities,” Loudermilk said in a statement. “I appreciate Speaker Johnson’s commitment to our work, and I am looking forward to working with Chairman Jim Jordan to continue to uncover all the facts and begin the arduous task of making needed reforms to ensure this level of security failure may never happen again.”

Loudermilk would now be working under Jordan, a pugnacious Ohio Republican who zealously investigated Joe Biden and his family for much of the 118th Congress.

“Rep. Loudermilk has been the leader in getting to the bottom of what the Democrat-led January 6 Committee failed to uncover, and we look forward to helping him bring all the facts to the American people,” Jordan said in the statement.

A roster for the select subcommittee and further details have not yet been released. Previous select subcommittees, including the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, have been created via resolution, which requires a vote on the House floor.

Johnson’s announcement comes days after Trump offered sweeping pardons to nearly all the rioters charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack, including some who violently assaulted Capitol Police officers as they tried to stop Congress from certifying Biden’s win in the 2020 presidential election.

“Why on earth is the president already spending so much time focused on the past … instead of focused on costs, and jobs, and improving health care for the American people?” Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., said from the Senate floor Wednesday.

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(CQ-Roll Call's Victor Feldman contributed to this report.)

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