"House GOP's Dangerous Dance with Jan. 6 Extremism"

House Republicans are torn between downplaying the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and investigating security vulnerabilities that remain unresolved since the attack. Some GOP lawmakers have stoked false narratives that blame the attack on police, Democrats, or far-left agitators. While most admit privately that Jan. 6 was the work of a violent mob, they have a political calculus to consider: a not-insignificant faction of their party is hellbent on rewriting the history of the day.