House panel plans eight hearings on Capitol riot

Bloomberg

The findings of a House select committee’s investigation into the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol will be presented to the nation in eight separate public hearings spread out over June, the panel’s chairman said.
Planning is under way for a mixture of televised hearings in prime-time and others to occur during the daytime, Representative Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, told reporters at the Capitol.
“We will tell the story of what happened,” Thompson said. The hearings will feature a combination of witness testimony, exhibits and other information, he said, “so, it will give the public the benefit of what more than a year’s worth of investigation had fallen to the committee.”
After those hearings, the committee plans to issue a final report in early fall.
For now, witness interviews are continuing behind closed doors.
Thompson said the committee continues to engage with people it still wants to interview — including former
President Donald Trump’s one-time personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump Jr. But the chairman said he could not confirm if dates have been agreed upon for either for them.

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