President Donald Trump wasted little time on his first day in office before he fulfilled a campaign vow to grant clemency to all who'd been politically persecuted by partisan prosecutors and judges concerning the Jan. 6 Capitol riot of 2021.

That's not the end of the Jan. 6 story, though, as House Republicans under Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) have now launched a renewed effort to probe everything that occurred before, during, and after that historic incident, The Hill reported.

The probe will likely look at the riot itself, the security failures that led to it, and the Democrat-led partisan investigations and prosecutions that happened afterward.

New select subcommittee formed

In a Wednesday press release, Speaker Johnson announced that he and the House Republican Conference had decided to establish a new "select" subcommittee within the House Judiciary Committee that would be focused on investigating all things related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, including other prior investigations.

The new subcommittee would be chaired by Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), who led a similar but more limited probe in the prior session of Congress out of a subcommittee of the House Administration Committee.

It has not yet been revealed how large the subcommittee will be or what the partisan composition will look like, and given that it is a "select" committee, The Hill noted that the Speaker retains the sole authority to have the final say on which members are allowed to serve on it.

Led by Loudermilk and overseen by Jordan

"House Republicans are proud of our work so far in exposing the false narratives peddled by the politically motivated January 6 Select Committee during the 117th Congress, but there is still more work to be done," Speaker Johnson said in a statement. "We are establishing this Select Subcommittee to continue our efforts to uncover the full truth that is owed to the American people."

Incoming Subcommittee Chair Loudermilk said, "I am honored to be tasked with continuing the investigation into the events surrounding January 6, 2021, and the failures that led to the breach of the United States Capitol."

"What happened at the Capitol that day was the result of a series of intelligence, security, and leadership failures at multiple levels within numerous entities," he added. "I appreciate Speaker Johnson’s commitment to our work, and I am looking forward to working with Chairman Jim Jordan to continue to uncover all the facts and begin the arduous task of making needed reforms to ensure this level of security failure may never happen again."

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH), who will technically be in charge of the new subcommittee led by Loudermilk, said, "Rep. Loudermilk has been the leader in getting to the bottom of what the Democrat-led January 6 Committee failed to uncover, and we look forward to helping him bring all the facts to the American people."

Trump's pardons and commutations for Jan. 6 defendants

The announcement from Speaker Johnson about a new probe into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot came just two days after President Trump issued a sweeping grant of clemency to all who'd faced prosecution and imprisonment in relation to that incident.

"This proclamation ends a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the American people over the last four years and begins a process of national reconciliation," Trump said of his Day One action.

The clemency included the commutation of sentences for some of the alleged worst offenders who'd been hit with serious charges and lengthy prison sentences, with the possibility of a full pardon at a later date after further review of their cases.

For all others, Trump granted a "full, complete, and unconditional pardon" for crimes related to the Capitol riot and instructed the Bureau of Prisons to immediately release all who were still incarcerated and the Justice Department to immediately dismiss with prejudice all current and pending indictments against Jan. 6 defendants.