The sham January 6 Committee, formed under the guise of seeking truth, has now been exposed for what it truly was: a partisan hit job that wasted over $17 million of taxpayer money. This is more than twice the amount Congress initially authorized for its operations.
The committee, stacked with anti-Trump partisans like Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, burned through funds at a shocking rate, largely on public relations, partisan consulting, and staging made-for-TV spectacles.
According to recently disclosed budget figures, the committee’s final expenditure was $17.1 million, up from the original $8.2 million budget. No meaningful legislative reforms emerged from this money pit.
The majority of that money went to legal fees, media production, and staff salaries. Records reveal millions spent on Democratic-aligned firms for public relations, including one that also worked for Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign.
“This wasn’t an investigation. It was a political show trial,” said Rep. Byron Donalds. “And now we know how much the circus cost.”
Among the absurd expenditures were payments to high-priced media consultants who scripted hearing narratives and coached witnesses. It was not about justice, it was about optics.
The committee’s much-hyped primetime hearings cost American taxpayers nearly $3 million alone, much of which was used to stage dramatic entrances and choreographed opening statements.
Even CNN analysts admitted the hearings resembled “a Netflix political docuseries,” rather than a congressional probe.
None of the funds went to Capitol security upgrades. Instead, it was funneled into pushing a narrative that blamed Donald Trump for an event he neither organized nor incited.
The final report issued by the committee included no criminal referrals that stood the test of independent scrutiny. Most were political grandstanding with zero prosecutorial value.
The Biden Justice Department has not prosecuted a single additional case based solely on the committee’s findings, which further undermines its legitimacy.
“They had one job, and they failed,” said Rep. Matt Gaetz. “All they did was write scripts and smear Trump supporters.”
Meanwhile, the real issues of security failures and possible FBI entrapment remain untouched. The committee refused to subpoena Nancy Pelosi or review Capitol Police communications.
Critics also question how the committee justified hiring nearly 80 full-time staff, many of whom were Democratic operatives, to work on a probe with so little actual investigative substance.
Several of these staffers have since landed jobs with liberal think tanks and MSNBC, prompting accusations that the committee was a career-launching platform for the anti-Trump elite.
The waste is not just financial, but constitutional. The committee trampled due process, aired selectively edited footage, and denied Republican cross-examination.
Legal scholars on both sides have criticized the committee’s use of closed-door testimony, lack of transparency, and coordinated media leaks.
“We still don’t have access to the full 14,000 hours of surveillance footage,” noted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. “What are they hiding?”
The answer appears to be that the committee wasn’t interested in truth—it was interested in 2024. Every action was calculated to paint Trump and his supporters as domestic enemies.
In doing so, they diverted attention from real crises: rising crime, border chaos, and economic collapse under Joe Biden.
Despite spending nearly $20 million, the committee failed to shift public opinion. Trump remains the GOP frontrunner, and J6 prosecutions have backfired politically.
As oversight Republicans now dig into the committee’s finances, subpoenas may follow. There are calls to audit every dollar spent.
“We want receipts,” said Rep. Elise Stefanik. “The American people deserve to know how their money was used to fund a witch hunt.”
