The new GOP-led committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack is asking Attorney General Pam Bondi, the University of Virginia and other businesses for information from the previous Democratic-led panel that investigated the Capitol attack.

The Republican leaders claim the information they’re pursuing was never disclosed by the previous panel.

“This is an important first step in unraveling the predetermined narrative the former January 6th Select Committee crafted to hurt President Donald J. Trump,” Chair Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) said in a statement. “Why else would their committee delete or fail to properly archive more than a terabyte of data?”

Many materials in the previous panel’s possession ultimately became public. But some were never released, including footage of witness interviews.

Loudermilk and other Republicans have maintained that the previous panel’s probe was politically motivated. In creating the new GOP investigation, Loudermilk intends to rewrite the record of the Capitol attack.

In addition to the University of Virginia and the Department of Justice, Loudermilk’s letters also went to Broadcast Management Group Inc., Polar Solutions Inc., PATCtech, Design in DC LLC, and Verbit.

The No. 3 House Republican is casting doubt on whether Congress needs to pass a nationwide crime bill as the GOP seeks to project itself as the party of law and order.

“I think every local jurisdiction should be doing this,” Whip Tom Emmer said in an extended interview Thursday, when asked if there was appetite from his conference to pursue legislation to implement new federal policing and sentencing standards.

“You don’t need to wait for Congress,” the Minnesota lawmaker added.

His comments come the week the House considered on the chamber floor that would impose new crime policies on the District of Columbia, over which Congress has control.

The remarks also represent something of a reality check to President Donald Trump, who said around the time of his 30-day takeover of the D.C. police department that he wanted Congress to take up comprehensive crime legislation.

Earlier this month, Speaker Mike Johnson also said a nationwide crime bill is “one of the things on the table.”

Neither elaborated on what that bill might look like.

Emmer, however, noted Thursday that Republicans believe in a division between national and local governments, and specifically called on local officials in his own state — including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Tom Frey — to crack down on crime and other violent offenses.

“Look, President Trump, with his crime crackdown in the District, has proven that if leaders have the will to do this, they can accomplish amazing things,” Emmer said. “Donald Trump has taken the step and shown everyone across the country that this can be done.”

The House this week passed four bills that would impose new laws on D.C., including by lowering the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses.

Emmer said it was his understanding that other D.C. crime bills recently approved by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee would come up for a vote on the floor when the House returns from the Rosh Hashanah recess — though deferred to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise on the schedule.

“All of these things that are being done are to hold the criminals accountable,” Emmer said. “I expect there’s a huge appetite for that.”

Senators are expected to vote Friday on competing plans to temporarily fund the government past the end of the month as a partisan standoff ratchets up the chances for a shutdown, according to two people granted anonymity to describe private negotiations.

The plan, which still had to be finalized as of 6:45 p.m., comes after Republicans huddled behind closed doors for a second time Thursday to talk about the path forward as Congress barrels toward the Sept. 30 midnight deadline.

“The Democrats obviously want to vote on their [continuing resolution] … And we want to vote on the House CR,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said, adding that Senate leaders are “talking to see if they can get there.“

It would be a shift from just hours ago when Majority Leader John Thune indicated that there wasn’t “much sentiment” inside the GOP for giving Democrats a vote on their alternative funding proposal.

But Democrats are also playing procedural hardball over the Senate’s ability to leave town for a scheduled one-week break. Thune, Schumer and all other 98 senators would have to sign off on a deal to hold votes on the competing CR plans tomorrow. The two people said both votes would be held at a 60-vote threshold, meaning both would fail.

Coming out of the Senate GOP meeting, Thune acknowledged that senators are “working on locking something in” but declined to comment further.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer first floated the idea of holding side-by-side votes Friday. It’s not clear what would happen afterward.

Senate Republicans have also discussed returning next Thursday to vote on the House CR — or even staying out of Washington until Sept. 29, less than 48 hours before a shutdown.