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 Senate greenlit a rules change Thursday night to allow Senators to use official office funds for personal security measures — a move driven by concerns about lawmaker security in the wake of last week’s assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune brought the proposal to the floor and it was approved by unanimous consent.

“Every senator will now have additional flexibility to address the security concerns they face as public officials,” said Thune.

He cited the additional $30 million for state and local law enforcement partnerships with Capitol Police that House Republicans included in their stopgap spending bill slated for a vote Friday in the House.

“There’s ongoing bipartisan work to address member security in the legislative branch appropriations bill, which I hope the House and Senate will complete work on in the very near future,” Thune continued.

The Senate-passed legislative branch spending bill would include funding for a pilot program for increased security for lawmakers in their home states and additional security investments are possible as the bill moves through a bipartisan and bicameral negotiation process in the wake of the Kirk assassination.

Thune also said that he’s working with the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms to explore additional options for security for senators.

This move was previewed earlier this week by Senate Rules Committee Chair Mitch McConnell, who told his GOP colleagues at a lunch meeting that he heard their concerns and interest in more flexibility on security expenses and outlined the path ahead for the rules change.

The office accounts, which also fund staff salaries and office supplies, can now be used to cover the “cost of necessary security enhancements and services” provided to senators, according to language circulated by the Rules Committee. The panel is also expected to “promulgate regulations” and provide senators with guidelines for using their office accounts for this new type of expense.

Jennifer Scholtes contributed to this report.

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.”