U.S. Capitol Riots: Unexpected Last Minute Hearing Announced by Committee to Investigate the January 6 Riots | US News
A surprise last-minute hearing was announced by the committee investigating the storm into the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
An in-person hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday afternoon “to present recently obtained evidence and receive witness statements”.
Just days ago, the committee said its public hearings would be adjourned until next month.
It is not known who will appear as witnesses, but developments following a series of public hearings in June are believed to have a direct link between the riots and the former President. Donald Trump try to hold power.
A series of witnesses, including Trump White House staff, members of the Trump administration, attorneys for the former president and Republican officials from states around the country, appeared before the commission. committee to detail what it knew about a staging attempt to prevent the handover. power to Joe Biden.
Just last week, committee chair Bennie Thompson, a Democrat from Mississippi, said the panel needed more time to go through new documentary footage it had obtained from British filmmaker Alex Holder. .
Mr. Holder has been subpoenaed by the committee to deliver never-before-seen footage from inside the Trump White House that forms part of a documentary about the former president and his family.
The committee has also revealed that their public hearings have resulted in new evidence coming to light through the panel hotline.
The first five public hearings presented evidence that former President Trump knew he had lost the 2020 election but pressured Vice President Mike Pence as well as state and Department of State officials to Justice must find a way to keep him in the White House.
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The investigation into the January 6 riots hears how Justice Department figures were pushed to investigate claims that satellites changed votes against Donald Trump
With eyewitness evidence, the committee figured out how Mr. Trump encouraged mobs to storm the Capitol by repeatedly peddling stolen election lies.
The committee’s central statement is that Donald Trump continues to threaten American democracy. He has left open the question of whether he will run for re-election in the 2024 Presidential election, but his loyalists, who support his fraudulent election claims, have been vying for seats. important position in states across the country.
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If won, they will hold positions of power to interfere with the results of future elections or block election certification including the 2024 presidential race.
Mr Trump has repeatedly dismissed the ‘January 6 Committee’ as a Democratic witch hunt even though most of the witnesses were Republicans.
