January 6 Committee

Republican Rep. Liz Cheney speaks during a hearing by the House Select Committee to investigate the January 6th attack on the Capitol on July 21.

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The Jan. 6 committee isn't done. Expect more hearings, revelations and reports

8:59am July 23, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

With Republicans set to take control of the House of Representatives in November, the Democrat-led committee has a lot to pack into the next five months.

From left: Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, former Deputy White House Press Secretary Sarah Matthews, and Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. attend hearings by the House Select Committee to investigate the January 6th

Rep. Cheney pays tribute to the Women's Suffrage Movement in closing Jan. 6 remarks

3:09pm July 22, 2022

by Shauneen Miranda

Rep. Cheney spoke on the Women's Suffrage Movement during her closing remarks Thursday and wore the suffragette white color, a symbolism that Sarah Matthews and Cassidy Hutchinson also adopted.

"187 Minutes" is displayed on a screen between images of former President Trump during a hearing by the House Select Committee on July 21, 2022.

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Jan. 6 panel sheds light on the 187 minutes Trump went dark during Capitol siege

12:03am July 22, 2022

by Barbara Sprunt

The hearing detailed what former President Donald Trump did and did not do in the hours after his Ellipse speech and before he tweeted a video asking his supporters to leave the Capitol.

The chief records officer of the U.S. government has asked the Secret Service to determine whether any of its text messages on Jan. 5 and Jan. 6, 2021, were improperly deleted.

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The National Archives is looking into reports that the Secret Service deleted texts

6:27pm July 19, 2022

by Washington Desk

Reports that the Secret Service deleted text messages related to Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection have caught the attention of the chief records officer at the National Archives.

Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., speaks to members of the media after the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol held a hearing on June 28.

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Jan. 6 panel chair Thompson to miss Thursday's hearing after testing COVID positive

10:55am July 19, 2022

by Washington Desk

Rep. Bennie Thompson, who is fully vaccinated and boosted, said he is experiencing mild symptoms. He has instructed the Jan. 6 committee to proceed with Thursday evening's hearing without him.

Stephen Ayres, who pleaded guilty in June 2022 to disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building, left, and Jason Van Tatenhove, a former ally of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, right, arrive to testify as the House select committee invest

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Here's every word from the seventh Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

6:32pm July 12, 2022

Read the full transcript from the July 12 House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack hearing.

Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testifies as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday.

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Here's every word from the sixth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

6:23pm June 28, 2022

Read the full transcript from the June 28 House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack hearing.

Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (C) presides over the fifth hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol on Thursday.

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Here's every word from the fifth Jan. 6 committee hearing on its investigation

7:31pm June 23, 2022

Read the full transcript from the June 23 hearing from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

The House Select Committee has used TV news techniques and documentary evidence to argue that then President Donald Trump knowingly pressured public officials to commit illegal acts. In this case, the panel displayed a transcript of his call to Georgia Se

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Jan. 6 hearings use TV tricks to great effect even as critics call them show biz

12:19pm June 23, 2022

by David Folkenflik

It's an extraordinary show of discipline for a congressional committee, with a minimum of showboating, yielding hearings that resemble Dateline NBC or investigative podcasts.

Video showing an interview of former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen is played during a hearing by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on June 13, 2022, in Washington, D.

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Who you'll hear from and what to expect in today's Jan. 6 House committee hearing

10:32am June 23, 2022

by Deepa Shivaram

In its fifth hearing, the select committee investigating the insurrection will outline Trump's pressure on Department of Justice officials to overturn the 2020 election in his favor.