DC, Washington The House committee investigating into the attack on the American Capitol on January 6 has scheduled its next hearing for October 13 with less than three weeks until the midterm election that will determine which party controls Congress.
The panel will meet in public for the first time since the summer, when lawmakers laboured through a series of carefully planned hearings that drew millions of spectators and covered almost every facet of the Capitol uprising.
The hearing was supposed to take place in late September, but it was postponed when Hurricane Ian hit Florida.
The subcommittee, which is made up of two Republicans and seven Democrats, has not yet released an agenda, but Rep.
the hearing would “tell the narrative about a major piece of Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the election,” previously stated.
The committee’s Democratic chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, told reporters last week that the meeting would include latest information about Save America PAC, Trump’s main fundraising organisation. After the Justice Department issued a series of grand jury subpoenas requesting information regarding the political action committee’s fundraising procedures, it is now under legal scrutiny.
The committee has questioned witnesses since late July, and the meeting is anticipated to feature never-before-seen interview footage of those witnesses. Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the spouse of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who was questioned last week in a private interview, may fall under this category.
The committee questioned Thomas about her role in trying to help Trump overcome his election loss, including her correspondence with senators in Wisconsin and Arizona in the weeks following the 2020 presidential election and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
The committee has sought to demonstrate in great detail to the American people throughout its first eight hearings how Trump disregarded many of his closest advisors to pursue false allegations of election fraud after losing the election to Democrat Joe Biden, then did nothing when his rhetoric sparked a mob attack on the Capitol.
Trump’s closest cronies were among the more than 1,000 witnesses the panel questioned, and some of them described how the former president remained motionless as hundreds of his fans aggressively invaded the Capitol on January 6, 2021, as Congress confirmed Biden’s victory.
The committee is hoping to finish its work by the end of the year and release a final report and legislative recommendations, but the MPs are still looking into a number of unresolved issues.
The missing Secret Service texts from January are still a mystery to the panel.
5-6, 2021, which may provide additional insight into Trump’s behaviour during the uprising, especially in light of prior evidence describing his altercation with security as he attempted to join supporters at the Capitol. The committee recently received “thousands” of documents from the Secret Service, Thompson claimed earlier this month.
Several former members of Trump’s Cabinet have also been questioned by congressional investigators; some of them talked about using the 25th Amendment to the Constitution to remove Trump from office following the uprising.
The committee must also decide how aggressively to press Trump and former vice president Mike Pence for testimony. While time is running out to ask for their testimony, some members have minimised the importance of taking that action.
When the select committee status expires at the end of the year, the panel will need to tie up any loose ends.
Republicans are anticipated to disband the committee in January if they win a majority in the elections in November. By the end of December, the panel intends to provide its final report, which will include legal changes it believes will help thwart future attempts to undermine democracy.
Committee sets the following public hearing for October 13 on January 6
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