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A House of Representatives commission investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol said Monday it would hold a surprise hearing on Tuesday to “present recent evidence and testify.”
It was not immediately clear with whom he planned to interview the committee and what topics the deputies intended to focus on. The decision, announced Monday, was shrouded in secrecy, with staff and committee members explicitly asked to stay dark and not speak to the media, according to two people involved in the investigation.
The news was so tightly guarded that even some senior committee officials and lawmakers’ assistants were kept out of the afternoon. Three people familiar with the investigation said the secrecy was due in part to credible threats to the security of a witness.
The Commission continued negotiations with potential witnesses to appear in public during the hearings. Vice President Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) Appealed to former White House adviser Pat Chipolon after revealing that the committee had evidence that he and her office had “tried to do what was right” and “Tried to stop a number” former plans of President Donald Trump for Jan. 6.
“We think the American people deserve to hear Mr. Chipolon in person,” Cheney said, adding that the commission was “sure that Donald Trump does not want Mr. Chipolon to testify here.”
The revised schedule comes a few days after the commission announced a short break to evaluate new evidence and records received by the commission, with plans to wait after the July 4th holiday for any additional public hearings. The sudden change implies urgency and sensitivity around Tuesday’s presentation.
Last week, British director Alex Holder met with commission investigators behind closed doors and provided more than 10 hours of footage of interviews with Trump, his elderly children, former Vice President Mike Pence and the pro-Trump Mafia attack on the Capitol. The commission is in contact with new figures involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, including Conservative activist Virginia Ginny Thomas, who is the wife of Judge Clarence Thomas, and MP Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) .
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Brooks, who lost his run in the Senate in Alabama last week, sent an email to the White House five days after the attack on the Capitol, asking for pardon for himself, MP Matt Gates (R-Fla.) And any MP who “voted for rejection of the Arizona and Pennsylvania Electoral College’s ballots, “according to evidence provided by the commission. In response to repeated requests from lawmakers to appear before the committee, the Alabama lawmaker said he was ready to testify, but only in public.
Tuesday’s hearing is unlikely to focus on topics previously irritated by the committee, including a hearing on extremist groups invading the Capitol and another that breaks down the 187 minutes it takes the former president to respond to the violence. on January 6, 2021
Tuesday’s hearing will be the commission’s sixth public meeting this month. The commission has already told parts of the complicated story of how Trump and his allies tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Previous hearings focused on pressure campaigns targeting state and local officials, Justice Department officials and Pence.
The hearings included both live and pre-recorded testimony from figures in Trump’s orbit, as well as from Republican officials, including Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Rafensperger, former Attorney General William P. Barr, and Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to the then White House chief. staff Mark Meadows.
The uprising on January 6
The House Election Commission, which is investigating the January 6, 2021 uprising, is holding a series of high-profile hearings this month. Find the latest here.
Hearings in Congress: A House of Representatives commission investigating the attack on the US Capitol has conducted more than 1,000 interviews in the past year. He shared his findings in a series of hearings beginning on June 9th. Here’s what we know about hearings and how to watch them.
the riot: On January 6, 2021, a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 election results. Five people died that day or immediately thereafter, and 140 police officers were attacked.
Inside the siege: During the riot, the rebels approached dangerously to infiltrate the building’s interior shrines while lawmakers were still there, including former Vice President Mike Pence. The Washington Post researched text messages, photos and videos to create a chronology of the video of what happened on January 6.
Charges: Proud Boys leader Enrique Tario and four lieutenants have been charged with rebellion, joining Oathkeepers leader Stuart Rhodes and about two dozen associates to be accused of involvement in the Capitol attack. They are just some of the hundreds who have been indicted, many of whom received sentences significantly lighter than the government demanded.
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