在这个问题上闪烁其词后，共和党众议院少数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡正计划任命共和党人进入参议院为某一特案组成的特别委员会为了调查1月6日对国会大厦的袭击，熟悉他计划的共和党消息人士告诉美国广播公司新闻。
众议院议长南希·佩洛西上周宣布，民主党人将继参议院共和党人之后，着手创建特别委员会否决一项提案一个独立的两党委员会。
麦卡锡将获得委员会的五项任命，他最初根本没有决定是否任命任何人，据报道，他私下威胁将接受佩洛西任命的共和党人。
在上周的新闻发布会上，当被问及他的意图时，他说:“当我有这方面的消息时，我会告诉你。”
一位熟悉该程序的共和党高级助手表示，目前正在努力决定任命哪些成员，其中一些可能是前总统的盟友唐纳德·特朗普他们试图淡化1月6日国会大厦的骚乱和袭击。
一些共和党人预计麦卡锡将利用这些任命来破坏他们认为佩洛西创建该委员会的关键目标——在政治上损害特朗普和其他反对认证的盟友乔·拜登总统美国大选的胜利。
然而，麦卡锡也受到党内一些人的压力，要求他任命更温和的共和党议员。消息人士称，宣布的时间尚不清楚，但可能会在未来两周内发生。
民主党人佩洛西已经提名的佛罗里达州众议员斯蒂芬妮·墨菲周四在美国有线电视新闻网上表示，共和党人“有义务真诚地努力获得所有事实。”
当被问及特朗普是否会被传唤作证时，她说:“我们将从让执法人员作证来分享他们那天的经历开始。
当被问及麦卡锡本人是否能被传唤作证时，墨菲没有排除这种可能性，因为众所周知，在暴徒冲进大楼时，他和特朗普共用了一个电话。
她说:“我认为，国会议员可能会被传唤宣誓作证，证明他们在那一天的不同观点。
佩洛西上个月向由13名成员组成的委员会介绍了这项措施，此前一个两党9/11式的委员会未能在参议院获得通过。该措施规定，八名委员会成员将由佩洛西选出，另外五名由麦卡锡选出，必须与众议院议长协商后选出。
佩洛西上周宣布了她的委员会的遴选怀俄明州共和党众议员利兹·切尼是特朗普的直言不讳的批评者，她在今年早些时候被剥夺了共和党第三号领导职位。
佩索伊还说，众议院国土安全委员会主席、众议员本尼·汤普森是民主党人。，将担任委员会主席，成员包括墨菲和销售代表佐伊·洛弗格伦、亚当·希夫、皮特·阿吉拉尔、杰米·拉斯金和伊莱恩·鲁利亚。
佩洛西的新闻发布会后，麦卡锡否认了他威胁共和党成员，如果他们接受一个特别委员会的职位，他将取消委员会的任务，但他借此机会质疑切尼在共和党中的地位。
“我很震惊她会接受佩洛西议长的东西。在我看来，既然没有她的消息，也许她比我们更接近她，”麦卡锡说。
上个月，成立众议院委员会调查这起袭击的决议基本上是按照党派路线通过的，除了切尼和众议员亚当·金辛格。，他脱离共和党投票赞成通过该法案。
McCarthy expected to appoint Republicans to Jan. 6 select committee
After playing coy on the subject, GOP House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is planning to appoint Republicans to theselect committeeto investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Republican sources familiar with his plans tell ABC News.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced last week that Democrats would move forward with creating the select committee after Senate Republicansblocked a proposalfor an independent, bipartisan commission.
McCarthy -- who will get five appointments to the committee -- hadn't initially decided whether he would appoint anyone at all and reportedly privately threatened Republicans who would accept an appointment by Pelosi.
When asked at a press conference last week about his intentions he said: "When I have news on that, I'll give it to you."
A senior GOP aide familiar with the process said there are ongoing efforts to decide which members to appoint, with some likely being allies of former PresidentDonald Trumpwho have attempted to downplay the rioting and attack at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
Some Republicans expect McCarthy to use the appointments to undermine what they see as the key aim of Pelosi in creating the commission -- to politically damage Trump and other allies who objected to certifyingPresident Joe Biden's election victory.
However, McCarthy is also getting pressure from some in the party to appoint more moderate Republican lawmakers. The timing of an announcement is unclear, but is likely to happen within the next two weeks, sources say.
Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., one of the Democrats Pelosi has already tapped for the committee, told on CNN on Thursday that Republicans "have an obligation to put in a good-faith effort to get all the facts."
"We're going to start with having law enforcement officers testify to share their experiences that day," she said when asked whether Trump would be called to testify.
Pressed whether McCarthy himself could be called to testify, as it's known that he and Trump shared a phone call while rioters stormed the building, Murphy didn't rule it out.
"I think that members of congress could be and will be probably called to testify under oath about their different perspectives on that day," she said.
Pelosi last month introduced the measure to from the committee comprising 13 members after a bipartisan 9/11-style commission failed to pass the Senate. Eight committee members are to be selected by Pelosi and the other five chosen by McCarthy must be picked in consultation with the House speaker, the measure dictates.
Pelosi announced last week herselections for the committee, with much of the spotlight on Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, an outspoken critic of Trump who was stripped of her No. 3 GOP leadership role earlier this year.
Pelsoi also said House Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., will chair the committee, which will include Murphy and Reps. Zoe Lofgren, Adam Schiff, Pete Aguilar, Jamie Raskin and Elaine Luria.
Following Pelosi's press conference, McCarthy denied reports that he threatened GOP members with taking away committee assignments if they were to accept a select committee position but took the chance to question Cheney's place in the Republican Party.
"I was shocked that she would accept something from Speaker Pelosi. It would seem to me, since I didn't hear from her, maybe she's closer to her than us," McCarthy said.
The resolution to form the House committee to investigate the attack passed last month mostly along party lines -- other than Cheney and Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., who broke from Republicans to vote for its passage.
