A man breaks a window as supporters of US President Donald Trump crowd the US Capitol building on January 6, 2021 in Washington.
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The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 capital riot will schedule its final two public hearings in July instead of the originally expected June, Speaker Benny Thompson, D-Miss, said Wednesday.
Thompson suggested that the new evidence prompted the committee to revise its program. A select committee aide told CNBC that the panel “continues to obtain additional evidence relevant to our investigation” into the Capitol riot, and that it will announce dates and times for a final hearing “soon.”
Committee’s fifth public hearing, which focuses on how the former President Donald Trump Thompson confirmed to reporters at the Capitol that pressure on the Justice Department to aid in its efforts to reverse the 2020 election loss is still set for Thursday afternoon.
“And the next two hearings will be later in July,” he said.
In those hearings, the committee aims to show how Trump illegally directed a violent mob toward the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and then failed to take prompt action to quell the attack after it began. . The panel’s vice chairman, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Vyo, said earlier this month that the final two hearings would take place in June.
Committee members have clarified that their investigation is ongoing, and that this summer’s public hearing represents only preliminary findings from a nearly year-long investigation into the pro-Trump rebellion at the Capitol.
The committee is still receiving new information and suggestions, which reportedly includes never-before-seen documentary footage from a filmmaker with access to Trump and his family before and after the riots. Investigators continue to seek cooperation from key witnesses, including former White House counsel Pat Cipollone and Ginny Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Thompson has said the panel aims to produce a final report on its findings from the fall.