The panel is interested in members of the former president’s Cabinet who may have considered invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump as violence at the Capitol progressed, according to AP.Īmong those officials may be then-education secretary Betsy DeVos, Trump’s transportation secretary Elaine Chao and his treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin.Īnother potential witness could be Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Last week, the committee announced on Twitter that, “The Secret Service has begun producing records pursuant to the subpoena we issued last week.” Those records may play a key role in presenting the tick tock of President Trump’s actions on January 6.Īmong those agents Cheney indicated the panel is interested in speaking to are Tony Ornato & Bobby Engel, both of whom were in the limo at the Ellipse on January 6 when then-President Trump may or may not have had some sort of physical altercation with a member of his security detail. The latter may center around the news earlier in July that a number of Secret Service text messages sent on January 5 and 6 had been erased shortly after all such missives were subpoenaed by the committee. Certainly, we’re very focused as well on the Secret Service.” We anticipate talking to additional members of his campaign. Liz Cheney, put it last week, “the dam has begun to break.”ĭuring the July 21 hearing, Cheney revealed that the committee “will spend August pursuing emerging information on multiple fronts before convening multiple hearings this September.”Ĭheney told CNN’s Jake Tapper on State of the Union Sunday, “We anticipate talking to additional members of the president’s Cabinet. There are things that we are looking at still.”Īs the committee’s vice chair, Rep. Additional information is coming forward. Zoe Lofgren later told Martha Radditz on ABC’s This Week recently that “This investigation is very much ongoing.” Lofgren elaborated: “New witnesses are coming forward. While the committee had initially indicated that the July 21 conclave would be its last, Rep. You can watch the proceedings from the July 21 hearing here. The hearing was only the second of the group’s nine public gatherings to be scheduled in the evening hours and drew over 17 million viewers across 10 networks. Liz Cheney to those who supported Donald Trump on that day. Josh Hawley running from the Capitol attackers he had previously encouraged and an appeal by Rep. Adam Kinzinger called “this traunche of hearings” with a blockbuster primetime finale on Thursday, July 24 which included never-before-seen outtakes of Donald Trump’s January 6 video to his supporters, video of the formerly-fist pumping Sen. PREVIOUSLY on July 25: The Congressional Committee Investigating the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol wrapped what Rep.
Eastman has already testified before the committee, repeatedly taking the Fifth.įormer House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former Vice President Mike Pence and - potentially - Trump himself are among the others on the committee’s list. The panel is also looking for another tranche of emails from Trump attorney John Eastman, who was key in the ex-president’s attempt to subvert the 2020 election. While that has been a months-long goal, Thompson said that any appearance by Thomas had to be “delayed” due to “some things that happened.” The committee is still seeking testimony from conservative activist Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. “We sunset at the end of December,” CBS reported Thompson saying. Per Politico, Thompson also said that the intention is to create an interim report by mid-October and finalize the document before the end of the year. Thompson: “We’re looking at the process of getting to look at the report … as well as closing the loop on potential witnesses." /Ee0TmeE0V5 Chairman Bennie Thompson says the committee's goal is to hold the next hearing on Sept. It would be the first such gathering since the panel concluded its summer sessions on July 25. “We’re looking at the process of being able to look at the report … as well as closing the loop on any potential witnesses,” Thompson continued. “That’s the goal at this point,” he told reporters Monday of the date. The January 6th Committee Streamlined Congressional Hearings Into Riveting Television - But They Are A Rarity That May Not Be Repeated
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