House selection committee aides on January 6 said Thursday’s hearing will focus specifically on “the former president’s state of mind.”
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House selection committee aides on January 6 said Thursday’s hearing will focus specifically on “the former president’s state of mind.”
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The House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol will present new testimony and evidence at a hearing Thursday, according to committee aides.
They briefed reporters on condition of anonymity.
New testimony
There will be no direct witnesses, but the hearing will offer “new testimony” from witnesses. Some have appeared in previous hearings and some committees have not presented before. Aides declined to name witnesses.
New document
The panel will present “a lot of new documentary evidence”, and among that evidence will be some information from the hundreds of thousands of pages that the US Secret Service has turned over to the committee since the commission. issue a subpoena to the agency. in July. However, some of the text messages the committee wanted were deleted.
New video about violence
There will also be new videos of the violence response effort on January 6 as it unfolds, according to aides. Unlike previous hearings that considered only one topic, Thursday’s session will take a step back. The panel will focus specifically on the “state of mind of the former president” and his involvement in events as they unfold.
Aides declined to say whether this was a closing argument from the committee, stressing it was an “ongoing investigation” and that the panel’s charter would mandate a report. comprehensive report later this year.
