Chairperson Bennie Thompson (D-MS) goes to the 3rd of 8 prepared public hearings of the U.S. House Select Committee to examine the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 16, 2022.
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The House choose committee examining theJan 6 Capitol riot revealed it will hold a brand-new hearing on Tuesday “to present recently obtained evidence and receive witness testimony.”
The surprise hearing, set for 1 p.m. ET on Capitol Hill, was revealed Monday afternoon. It was not instantly clear what brand-new proof the committee prepared to expose. The panel did not determine who is set up to affirm.
Monday’s statement came days after the committee’s 5th public hearing, which concentrated on how previous President Donald Trump pushed the Department of Justice to assist him reverse his loss to President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
The committee formerly prepared to hold 7 hearings on the preliminary findings from its almost yearlong examination intoJan 6, 2021, when a violent pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol and sent out members of Congress running away for security.
Those hearings were initially anticipated to be kept inJune But the committee’s chairman,Rep Bennie Thompson, D-Miss, stated recently that the last hearings in the series would be available in July, recommending that the schedule altered due to brand-new proof can be found in.
Earlier this month, for example, the committee gotten never-before-seen documentary video footage from a filmmaker with access to Trump and his household prior to and after the riot.
The bipartisan committee has actually put Trump at the center of what it calls a collaborated multi-pronged conspiracy to reverse the 2020 election results that straight caused the violence at the Capitol onJan 6.
Trump, who eventually left the White House after one term in workplace, has actually rejected misbehavior while continuing to spread out incorrect claims of extensive election scams. These incorrect claims form a main part of the committee’s case versus the previous president.
Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo, has actually stated that the committee’s last 2 public hearings will concentrate on how Trump unlawfully directed his advocates towards the Capitol, then stopped working to take fast action to stop the attack once it started.
The committee has no power to submit criminal charges versus Trump or anybody else, and it is unclear whether the panel prepares to release a criminal recommendation to the JusticeDepartment Attorney General Merrick Garland has actually informed press reporters that federal district attorneys are viewing the hearings.
