House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Nancy Pelosi Pelosi criticized after thanking Floyd for 'sacrificing' his life Waters on Chauvin guilty verdict: 'I'm not celebrating, I'm relieved' Minneapolis mayor on Floyd: 'Ultimately his life will have bettered our city' MORE (D-Calif.) has offered a plan for a bipartisan 9/11-style commission to review the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, backtracking from an earlier proposal that would have allowed Democrats to appoint the majority of the commission’s members. A source familiar with the discussions told The Hill Pelosi briefed members of her leadership team on the proposal Monday night after efforts to create the commission stalled in the months following the attack. Pelosi’s plans were first reported by CNN . ADVERTISEMENT Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have called for such a commission in the wake of the attack that left five dead, including a Capitol Police officer. A similar commission established following the 9/11 terrorist attacks had five Democrats and five Republicans on a panel designed "to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11 attacks." But the 11-member committee originally proposed by Pelosi in February would have allowed seven members to be appointed by Democrats compared to just four by Republicans. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnell McConnell vents over 'fake news' The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by Facebook - Tensions rise as U.S. waits for Derek Chauvin verdict Trump looking 'beyond seriously' at 2024 run MORE (R-Ky.) previously blasted Pelosi’s original draft. “An inquiry with a hard-wired partisan slant would never be legitimate in the eyes of the American people. An undertaking that is uneven or unjust would not help our country,” McConnell said in February. But clashes have also arisen over the scope of the committee. ADVERTISEMENT Pelosi ...
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Biden, Harris slam ‘systemic racism’ in US, say Chauvin guilty verdict is ‘giant step’ toward racial justice
close Video Biden on Chauvin verdict: Systemic racism a 'stain' on nation's soul The president says the guilty verdict 'sends a message,' but it's not enough on 'FOX News Primetime' The guilty verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin "can be a giant step forward in the march toward justice in America," President Biden and Vice President Harris said Tuesday. That march, they added, has too rarely delivered "basic accountability" for Black Americans. America has a "long history of systemic racism," they said, calling it a "stain on the nation's soul." A panel of jurors found Chauvin guilty on Tuesday on all three charges in connection with the May 2020 death of George Floyd — the Black man in Minnesota who died after he was seen on video – handcuffed – saying "I can't breathe" as Chauvin kneeled on Floyd's neck. JURY FINDS CHAUVIN GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES IN GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH Floyd’s death sparked nationwide protests last spring and summer over police brutality against minorities and systemic racism. Chauvin, 45, was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. After the jury announced the verdict, Chauvin’s bail was immediately revoked and he was led away with hands cuffed behind his back. Biden and Harris, following the verdict, took the podium at the White House. Harris, speaking first, thanking the jury, and the Floyd family, saying the verdict brought "a sigh of relief" but "cannot take away the pain." President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the White House in Washington, after former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. (Associated Press) "A measure of justice is not the same as equal justice," Harris said. "This verdict brings us a step ...
Maxine Waters’, Biden’s pre-Chauvin verdict comments come under scrutiny as defense eyes appeal
close Video Evidence was overwhelming in Derek Chauvin case, jury got it right: Turley Fox News contributor Jonathan Turley on police officer Derek Chauvin convicted of all charges in George Floyd's death. Derek Chauvin's murder conviction was met with widespread approval among those seeking justice for George Floyd , but the trial's outcome may not be set in stone thanks to remarks from influential political leaders such as Rep. Maxine Waters , D-Calif., and President Biden himself. Waters, who had visited Minnesota before the verdict was announced, said that if Chauvin is not convicted of murder, protesters should "stay in the street," "get more active," and "get more confrontational." In a New York Post op-ed, former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy warned that this alone would be grounds for appeal. BIDEN 'PRAYING' CHAUVIN JURY REACHES 'RIGHT VERDICT,' CALLING CASE 'OVERWHELMING' "Because of her, this isn’t over," McCarthy wrote. McCarthy said that Waters, who represents California, went to Minnesota "to interfere in its judicial system" in violation of a curfew. He argued that "her remarks can only be interpreted as an incitement to violence" and that she "ought to be under investigation." Biden had also weighed in on the case before the verdict was announced, telling reporters that he was "praying that verdict is the right verdict" and that "I think it's overwhelming, in my view." The president claimed that he only said this because the jury was already sequestered, but McCarthy argued that this "is no excuse" for making those remarks. "He is a lawyer and former Senate Judiciary Committee chairman who well knows that sequestration does not make jurors impervious to prejudicial publicity," McCarthy wrote. "And if he’s been following the case as he claims to have been, he knows trial judge Peter Cahill has pleaded that public officials stop commenting on the trial — under circumstances ...
