Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Would Serve on January 6 Committee to 'Protect the Truth'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said she wants to serve on the select committee investigating the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack to ensure the "right questions are asked."

The Republican congresswoman from Georgia said she hoped to provide a counterweight to what she described as a "witch hunt" being "led by" House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats.

"If it does go forward, I would serve on the committee if I got picked and here's why," she told Real America's Voice. "I want to make sure that we protect all of us on our side and we protect the truth and that the right questions are asked."

In May, Greene joined most House Republicans in voting against the creation of an independent commission into the Capitol attack, even though the two parties had agreed that any panel would be equally balanced in membership and subpoena powers. The proposal passed the House but was blocked in the evenly divided Senate.

Last Thursday, Pelosi announced that she would set up a select committee as Democrats call for a definitive investigation into January 6, when supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol.

Some Republicans have accused the Democrats of wanting to conduct a probe for political reasons. Rep. John Katko (R-NY) dubbed the select committee a "turbo-charged partisan exercise."

Pelosi has the final say on all 13 committee appointees, although she will consult with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for five of them.

Greene, a Trump ally, told Real America's Voice: "Yes, I would serve on that committee, but another thing I think is that if we are going to look at January 6, the real thing we need to be looking at is Antifa and BLM."

"Never forget, they were the ones that rampaged and committed violence in American cities all over our country," she said. "There was only one riot at the Capitol but there were…countless riots all year long across America," she added.

In April, after Derek Chauvin was convicted of murdering George Floyd, Taylor Greene was condemned for calling the Black Lives Matter movement "the strongest terrorist threat in our country."

Greene has been among the conservative public figures promoting conspiracy theories about the Capitol riots, suggesting that the FBI or left-wing "Antifa" protesters were involved.

In February, Greene was stripped of her seats on the House education and budget committees because of her past support for extremist conspiracy theories such as QAnon. In an interview with Newsmax this week, Greene said this left her well placed to help with the probe into January 6.

"I have time on my hands, right?" she told the outlet. "I don't have any committee assignments, so I think it's the perfect thing to happen."

Newsweek has contacted the offices of Greene and Pelosi for comment.