Jan. 6 House Committee to hold public hearing on Thursday

The committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will hold a public hearing Thursday.

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Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi, who is the chairman of the committee, said the hearing will be unlike the previous hearings in that it will not feature witnesses. However, Thompson said new information will be presented.

“We still have significant information that we’ve not shown to the public,” Thompson told reporters on Capitol Hill.

Other members of the committee said the hearing will continue to focus on the actions that day of former President Donald Trump.

“We discovered through our work through this summer what the president’s intentions were, what he knew, what he did, what others did,” committee member Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-California, told CNN. Lofgren was referring to material gathered since the panel’s last hearing which was held in July.

The committee is also expected to focus on the former president’s claims that the 2020 election was stolen, according to CNN.

“There remains a clear and present danger to our electoral system and to democratic institutions,” Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, said. “So, that is something that will come through in our final hearing. This is not ancient history we’re talking about, this is a continuing threat.”

Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward was called to testify before the committee last week, but refused to answer questions during a deposition, an attorney for the panel revealed.

The committee wants to look at Ward’s phone records from the day.

U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa ruled on Sept. 23 that Ward’s arguments that her phone call records should be secret were not valid.

Ward’s attorney, Laurin Mills, said the fight over phone records is historic.

“This is the first time in American history that a select committee of the United State Congress controlled by one party has subpoenaed the records of the state chair of the rival party,” Mills said.

The hearing was scheduled for last week, but was moved because of Hurricane Ian. The hearing will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. ET.

According to Thompson, the hearing’s format will be different from previous hearings in that each of the nine lawmakers on the committee will have a chance to speak Thursday.

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