3 2 2021 Whitehouse Statement on Insurrection Colleagues’ Role   For updates on COVID19 CLICK HERE 01 11 21 WHITEHOUSE STATEMENT ON INSURRECTION COLLEAGUES’ ROLE Providence RI – Senator Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee released the following statement in connection with the insurrection on January 6 and certain members of the Senate “The Senate needs to oversee federal investigation of the attack and ransacking of our national Capitol through the Judiciary and perhaps Homeland Security Committees We may also be the client in federal civil suits for damages and for restraining orders likely also under Judiciary purview “The Senate will need to conduct security review of what happened and what went wrong likely through the Rules Homeland and Judiciary Committees The Senate Ethics Committee also must consider the expulsion or censure and punishment of Senators Cruz Hawley and perhaps others “Because Congress has protections from the Department of Justice under separation of powers specifically the Speech and Debate Clause significant investigation will need to be done in the Senate Because of massive potential https www whitehouse senate gov news release whitehouse-statement-on-insurrection-colleagues-role 1 2 3 2 2021 Whitehouse Statement on Insurrection Colleagues’ Role conflict of interest Senators Cruz Hawley and Johnson at least need to be off all relevant committees reviewing this matter until the investigation of their role is complete ” https www whitehouse senate gov news release whitehouse-statement-on-insurrection-colleagues-role 2 2