The House Jan. 6 committee urged the Justice Department on Monday to bring criminal charges against former president Donald Trump and his allies, wrapping up its investigation of the violent 2021 Capitol insurrection with what lawmakers called a “roadmap to justice.”
Here’s a look at how Monday’s meeting unfolded.
After criminal referral, what’s next for Donald Trump? — 3:47 p.m.
By Travis Andersen, Globe Staff
The criminal referral the House Jan. 6 committee made Monday for former President Donald J. Trump for alleged crimes tied to the Capitol insurrection moves the focus to the Justice Department, though legal experts were divided Monday on the significance of the panel’s recommendation that prosecutors seek charges against him.
Read the executive summary of the final Jan. 6 committee report — 2:30 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection released the executive summary of its report on its findings.
Read it here:
Jan. 6 panel votes unanimously to refer Donald Trump and associates for criminal prosecution — 2:16 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
The panel unanimously voted, 9-0, to refer four criminal charges to the Justice Department and adopt its final report.
Jan. 6 panel unveils criminal referral against Donald Trump and associates, citing evidence for their prosecution — 2:11 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
The committee is proposing criminal referrals where the gravity of the offense, the severity of harm, and centrality of offender to the scheme to overthrow the election “compel us to speak,” Representative Jamie Raskin, a member of the committee and a Maryland Democrat, said.
“Ours is not a system of justice where foot soldiers go to jail and the masterminds and ring leaders get a free pass,” Raskin said.
The charges are conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress, conspiracy to make a false statement, and aiding an insurrection.
Aguilar outlines pressure campaign on former vice president Mike Pence — 1:58 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
Representative Pete Aguilar, a member of the committee and a California Democrat, detailed former president Donald Trump’s pressure campaign on former vice president Mike Pence to overturn the results of the election.
The plan was devised by John Eastman, a conservative Trump lawyer, who pushed the theory that on Jan. 6, Pence could reject Joe Biden’s electoral votes. Trump used Eastman’s theory to pressure Pence to take unlawful action, Aguilar said, and in heated conversations pressured Pence to either reject electors or send them back to state legislators. Pence resisted and told Trump that he didn’t have the authority to do what Trump was directing.
That culminated in an angry phone call on Jan. 6, during which Trump berated Pence and leveled threats, Aguilar said.
Later, Trump issued a tweet attacking Pence, after knowing the crowd had become violent.
Rioters were heard chanting “hang Mike Pence,” and the vice president was forced to flee to a secure location.
‘He called [Pence] a wimp’ — Rep. Pete Aguilar reviewed evidence of Donald Trump's attempt to pressure VP Mike Pence to help him in his plan to overturn the 2020 election pic.twitter.com/xaMSFxC8eu
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) December 19, 2022
Kinzinger outlines committee’s findings related to Justice Department — 1:52 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
Former attorney general Bill Barr debunked numerous election fraud claims that Donald Trump then repeated publicly, Representative Adam Kinzinger, a member of the committee and an Illinois Republican, said.
After Barr resigned, Trump instructed two acting Justice Department heads to “just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen.”
As the acting officials resisted, Trump then tried to install a loyalist to lead the department. Jeffrey Clark met with the president on multiple occasions without authorization, promising to take actions the previous officials had refused to take.
Clark intended to send a letter he had drafted to officials in numerous states telling them falsely that the department had identified significant concerns about election results and encouraging state legislatures to consider appointing Trump instead of Biden electors during a special session.
Schiff recounts Trump’s plan to pressure state election officials — 1:40 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
Representative Adam Schiff, a member of the committee and a California Democrat, detailed several efforts from former president Donald Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election that targeted state elections officials and workers.
Schiff highlighted Trump’s Jan. 2 call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which the president pushed officials to “find” more than 11,000 votes to change the outcome in the state. Trump repeated conspiracy theories that his Justice Department appointees had already debunked, Schiff said, and Trump made what Raffensperger considered a threat when he suggested that Georgia election officials could be prosecuted if they didn’t follow through with Trump’s demands.
Despite Trump’s pressure on officials to alter official election results, courageous public servants, including Republicans, “refused to put Donald Trump over their oath to the Constitution,” Schiff said.
Trump attacked state and local officials who “refused to do his bidding” and workers who he baselessly accused of fraud, Schiff said. The committee played testimony from elections officials who spoke of the fear they felt following the election, when they experienced threats and public harassment.
1/6 committee member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) calls the harassment of Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss by backers of Trump's Big Lie "callous, inhuman, inexcusable, and dangerous":
— The Recount (@therecount) December 19, 2022
"And those responsible should be held accountable." pic.twitter.com/fVAL56FCRH
Panel airs recent interview with Trump aide Hope Hicks — 1:38 p.m.
By The Associated Press
The panel aired some new evidence at the meeting, including a recent interview with longtime Trump aide Hope Hicks. Describing a conversation she had with Trump around that time, she said he told her that no one would care about his legacy if he lost the election.
Hicks told the committee that Trump told her, “The only thing that matters is winning.”
Committee’s findings pertain to Trump’s ‘big lie,’ Lofgren says — 1:35 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
Representative Zoe Lofgren, a member of the committee and a California Democrat, said the panel conducted an investigation of “enormous scale” seeking to uncover the scope of Donald Trump’s plan to overturn the outcome of the election.
“Many of our efforts to get the evidence required litigation in federal court, including the US Supreme Court,” Lofgren said.
Many of the committee’s findings pertain to “the big lie,” Lofgren said, the effort led by Trump to spread baseless accusations and misinformation in an attempt to convince millions of Americans that the election had been stolen from him.
Beginning before the election and through Jan. 6 and for months after, Trump spread allegations of fraud to overturn the election, Lofgren said. The decision to falsely declare victory on Election Night in November 2020 was premeditated, and the committee has evidence that shows Trump planned to declare victory and call for vote counting to stop — and told allies of that plan — in the weeks before the election, Lofgren said.
Trump raised hundreds of millions of dollars with false representations to online donors, Lofgren said, and the proceeds have been used in ways the committee believes are concerning.
In particular, the funds were used to hire lawyers and, according to the evidence the committee has compiled, offer employment to witnesses.
Committee plays video from previous hearings, footage of Jan. 6 attack — 1:26 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
The committee played a video that compiled clips showing previous testimony from Donald Trump associates, election workers, and Trump administration officials who appeared before the panel across its series of 10 hearings.
It also interspersed video from the Jan. 6 insurrection, showing scenes of the violent attack taking place.
the J6 committee plays a video recapping some of the key evidence uncovered by their investigation pic.twitter.com/D1ViyFgxZc
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 19, 2022
Trump’s refusal to call off Jan. 6 riot was ‘moral failure’ and ‘dereliction of duty,’ Cheney says — 1:18 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
Representative Liz Cheney, the committee’s vice chair and a Wyoming Republican, issued opening statements during Monday’s public meeting, admonishing Donald Trump for refusing to call off the Capitol attack as it was unfolding.
“Jan. 6, 2021, was the first time an American president refused his constitutional duty to transfer power peacefully to the next,” Cheney said.
“Among the most shameful of the committee’s findings,” Cheney said, was former president Donald Trump sitting in the dining room off of the Oval Office watching the violent riot on television.
Rep. Liz Cheney: ‘Among the most shameful of this committee’s findings was that President Trump sat in the dining room … watching the violent riot at the Capitol on television. For hours, he would not issue a public statement.’ pic.twitter.com/K1RxExqzuG
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) December 19, 2022
“For hours, he would not issue a public statement” instructing his supporters to disperse, despite urgent pleas from others, Cheney said.
“For hours, he would not do it.”
Trump’s refusal to call off the rioters was an “utter moral failure” and a “dereliction of duty,” Cheney said.
“No man who would behave that way, at that moment in time, can ever serve in any position of authority in our nation again. He is unfit for any office,” Cheney said.
.@RepLizCheney on President Trump: "No man who would behave that way at that moment in time can ever serve in any position of authority in our nation again. He is unfit for any office."#January6thHearing pic.twitter.com/fObGLwJ5w3
— CSPAN (@cspan) December 19, 2022
Trump has already announced his candidacy for president for 2024.
Thompson outlines committee’s plans for meeting, says report will be released later in the week — 1:10 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
Representative Bennie Thompson, the committee’s chair and a Mississippi Democrat, said the panel on Monday will present its key findings from its 18-month investigation and release its full report later this week.
The committee will also lay out its final recommendations for how to prevent “another Jan. 6″ in its final report, Thompson said.
“There is one factor is most important in preventing another Jan. 6: accountability,” Thompson said.
Jan. 6 Cmte. Chair Thompson: "There's one factor I believe is most important in preventing another January 6th: accountability....Evidence we've gathered points to further action... accountability that can only be found in the criminal justice system." https://t.co/CEZV3uw7rp pic.twitter.com/DjzEY1uW42
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) December 19, 2022
Foreshadowing its plans to vote to refer criminal charges to the Justice Department, Thompson said the panel will also show that “evidence points to further action beyond the power of this committee or the Congress to help ensure accountability that can only be found in the criminal justice system.”
“If we are to survive as a nation of laws and democracy, this can never happen again,” Thompson said.
Thompson begins public meeting — 1:07 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
Representative Bennie Thompson, the committee’s chair and a Mississippi Democrat, gaveled in the panel’s final meeting on Monday afternoon.
“[Donald Trump] lost the 2020 election and knew it, but he chose to try to stay in office through a multi-part scheme to overturn the results and block the transfer of power,” Thompson said. “In the end, he summoned a mob to Washington and knowing they were armed and angry, pointed them to the Capitol and told them to ‘fight like hell.’ There’s no doubt about this.”
'[Donald Trump] lost the 2020 election and knew it, but he chose to try to stay in office through a multi-part scheme.'
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) December 19, 2022
In the final House Jan 6 committee hearing, Rep. Bennie Thompson spoke about faith in the U.S. electoral system being the foundation of American democracy. pic.twitter.com/qpj9tsaCxG
The meeting is set to begin shortly. Watch it live. — 12:45 p.m.
By The Associated Press
The committee is convening Monday afternoon, when it’s expected to debate criminal charges against Donald Trump and his associated and preview its final report.
Watch the committee’s final meeting here.
Committee will preview massive final report ahead of its release — 12:30 p.m.
By The Associated Press
The committee is also expected at the hearing to preview its massive final report, which will include findings, interview transcripts, and legislative recommendations. The report is expected to be released in full on Wednesday.
“We obviously want to complete the story for the American people,” said Representative Jamie Raskin, another member of the committee. “Everybody has come on a journey with us and we want a satisfactory conclusion, such that people feel that Congress has done its job.”
Jan. 6 panel pushes Trump’s prosecution in forceful finish — 12:15 p.m.
By The Associated Press
While a criminal referral is mostly symbolic, with the Justice Department ultimately deciding whether to prosecute Trump or others, it is a decisive end to a probe that had an almost singular focus from the start.
What to watch as Jan. 6 committee wraps up its investigation — 11:30 a.m.
By The Associated Press
The House committee investigating the Capitol riot will make its final public presentation Monday about the unprecedented effort by Donald Trump to overturn the results of the presidential election he lost in 2020. The committee has called it an “attempted coup” that warrants criminal prosecution from the Justice Department.
That is expected to be the committee’s closing argument as it wraps up a year-and-a-half-long inquiry and prepares to release a final report detailing its findings about the insurrection in the nation’s capital on Jan. 6, 2021. The committee of seven Democrats and two Republicans is set to dissolve at the end of the year.
Committee passes resolution to subpoena Trump — 3:33 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
The committee voted unanimously 9-0 to subpoena to former president Donald Trump for documents and testimony about the Jan. 6 attack.
We want to hear from Trump, Thompson says — 3:25 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
Representative Bennie Thompson, chairman of the committee and a Mississippi Democrat, said the committee wants to hear from Donald Trump, a need that “goes beyond our fact finding.”
“This is a question about accountability to the American people,” Thompson said.
“He must be accountable. He is required to answer for his actions,” Thompson said.
“A subpoena to a former president is a serious and extraordinary action,” he added.
January 6th Cmte Chair Rep. @BennieGThompson: "It is our obligation to seek Donald Trump's testimony."#January6thHearings pic.twitter.com/3uxPfEEpAo
— CSPAN (@cspan) October 13, 2022
Committee shows how Trump’s tweet against Pence spread to rioters in real time — 3:16 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
In real time, President Trump’s tweet that Vice President Mike Pence “lacked courage” in declining to overturn the results of the election, which he did not have the capacity to do, spread to rioters who stormed the Capitol, Representative Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, said.
The committee showed video of a Twitter employee testifying that people were calling for Pence’s execution in response to Trump’s tweet.
The committee played an audio recording from Jessica Watkins, who is facing charges in connection with Jan. 6, saying it has “spread like wildfire that Pence betrayed us and everybody’s marching on the Capitol, all million of us. It’s insane.”
The committee displayed a Secret Service message after Trump tweeted targeting Pence that read: “POTUS just tweeted about Pence, probably not going to be good for Pence.”
Committee plays new footage of congressional leaders pleading for help during Capitol attack — 3:08 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
The committee played never-before-seen footage of top congressional leaders pleading for help to call off the violence.
On the phone with Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, Senator Chuck Schumer asked him: “Why don’t you get the president to tell them to leave the Capitol, Mr. attorney general, in your law enforcement responsibility?”
.@RepRaskin shows video of Congressional leaders on January 6th in secure locations calling for assistance at the Capitol.
— CSPAN (@cspan) October 13, 2022
Speaker Pelosi: "It could take time to clean up the poo poo they're making all over this, literally and figuratively, in the Capitol."#January6thHearings pic.twitter.com/XmUy0cZGmJ
Here’s new footage of U.S. Senate and House leaders reacting to the attack unfolding at the Capitol on Jan 6 pic.twitter.com/EmwaBflCMI
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 13, 2022
Kayleigh McEnany testifies Trump wanted to be a part of the march on the Capitol — 2:59 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
Kayleigh McEnany, former White House press secretary, said Donald Trump wanted to physically walk and be a part of the march to the Capitol.
Trump said he would ride in the presidential limo if he needed to, McEnany said.
White House had warning to stop plans for rally and march to the Capitol, Aguilar says — 2:51 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
Messages shared among Trump supporters before the Capitol attack foreshadowed the violence on Jan. 6, and the White House had enough warning to stop the rally and march to the Capitol, Representative Pete Aguilar, a California Democrat, said.
“Trump has given us marching orders, and basically, if you’re east of the Mississippi you can and should be there,” one message on a pro-Trump website read.
“Keep your guns hidden,” read another.
“What is clear from this record is that the White House had more than enough warning to warrant stopping any plan for an Ellipse rally and certainly for stopping any march to the Capitol,” Aguilar said.
The committee is back after a recess. Watch it live. — 2:44 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
The committee has returned after a brief break. Watch the rest of the hearing live.
Secret Service tips show violence was planned weeks in advance — 2:37 p.m.
By The Associated Press
In never-before-seen Secret Service messages, the panel produced evidence of the way extremists groups provided the muscle in the fight for Trump’s presidency, planning weeks before the attack to send a violent mob to Washington.
“Their plan is literally to kill people,” read a tip that was sent to Secret Service more than a week before the violence on Jan. 6.
Secret Service documents show agents reported armed attendees — 2:29 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
Secret Service documents obtained by the committee show the crowd outside metal detectors at the Jan. 6 rally was armed, and the agents were aware, Representative Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, said.
A 7:58 a.m. report from the Secret Service said “some members of the crowd are wearing ballistic helmets, body armor carrying radio equipment, and military grade backpacks.”
Schiff: "The documents we obtained from the Secret Service make clear that the crowd outside the magnetometers was armed, and the agents knew it." pic.twitter.com/wO53CCak1y
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 13, 2022
One at 9:30 a.m. said there was possibly pepper spray and plastic riot shields.
Later at 11:23 a.m., agents reported people who were possibly armed with a “glock” and a “rifle.” At 12 p.m., agents reported a possible man with a gun in a tree, and at 12:27 p.m., a person with an assault rifle, the documents showed.
The reports of threats continued, Schiff said, and agents were concerned about the threat of violence escalating.
Committee will vote to subpoena Trump at the end of hearing, media outlets report — 2:22 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
The Jan. 6 committee will reportedly vote to subpoena Donald Trump at the end of Thursday’s hearing, multiple media outlets reported.
NBC and The New York Times reported the move.
Secret Service memo says Trump was ‘livid’ after Supreme Court refused to hear election case — 1:51 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
A Secret Service message displayed at the hearing showed communications that Donald Trump was “livid” after the Supreme Court on Dec. 11, 2020 threw out a lawsuit contesting the 2020 election.
“Just fyi. POTUS is pissed – breaking news – Supreme Court denied his law suit. He is livid now.”
An aide to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, Cassidy Hutchinson, told the committee that Trump was “raging” about the Supreme Court decision and said, “I don’t want people to know that we lost.”
Trump privately acknowledged losing the election, White House official says — 1:45 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
Representative Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican, said Trump at times privately acknowledged that he had lost the 2020 election.
Alyssa Farah, a former White House official, told the committee that Donald Trump acknowledged to her that he lost the 2020 election.
“I popped into the Oval just to, like, give the president the headlines and see how he was doing. And he was looking at the TV and he said, ‘Can you believe I lost to this effing guy?’” Farah said, referring to Joe Biden.
"He was looking at the TV and he said, 'Can you believe I lost to this fucking guy?'"
— The Recount (@therecount) October 13, 2022
— Former Trump Communications Director Alyssa Farah recalling what she says Trump said to her about a week after the election was called. pic.twitter.com/ckRbuiyYBs
Trump also signed orders to immediately remove troops from Afghanistan and Somalia, which indicated he knew he had lost the election and his term was over, Kinzinger said.
“Knowing he was leaving office, he acted immediately,” Kinzinger said, as a Nov. 11 memo that would have withdrawn the military forces was displayed.
“These are the highly consequential actions of a president who knows his term will shortly end,” Kinzinger said.
.@RepKinzinger on Trump signed order requiring troop withdrawal Afghanistan & Somalia: "Keep in mind the order was for an immediate withdrawal. It would have been catastrophic. And yet President Trump signed the order." #January6thHearings pic.twitter.com/1w1VTZiIxj
— CSPAN (@cspan) October 13, 2022
Committee plays video of Roger Stone before and after the election — 1:40 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
The committee played video of Trump associate Roger Stone saying “[expletive] the voting, let’s get right to the violence” on Nov. 2, 2020, just days before the election.
In a separate video, in a videotaped interview, the committee asked Stone if he thought the violence was justified on Jan. 6, and Stone cited his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. He also took the Fifth Amendment when he was asked if he had any role in planning for the violence on Jan. 6.
Stone’s social media posts acknowledged he spoke with Trump as preparations for Jan. 6 were underway, Lofgren said.
Recently, the Select Committee obtained footage of Roger Stone before and after the election. pic.twitter.com/6mRdWwMSmE
— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) October 13, 2022
Far-right activist Tom Fitton urged Trump aides to have Trump declare victory on Nov. 3, Lofgren says — 1:34 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
Tom Fitton, a far-right activist, in an Oct. 31 memo that the committee displayed, directed Trump aides to declare victory on Election Night and call for ballots to stop being counted by midnight.
“We had an election today. ... and I won,” reads the email to Trump officials Molly Michael and Dan Scavino.
October 31, 2020 email from Tom Fitton to Molly Michael and Dan Scanivo:
— CSPAN (@cspan) October 13, 2022
"We had an election today - and I won."
Watch @January6thCmte Hearing here: https://t.co/OtXyVPpb0N pic.twitter.com/MTbiDbbvN6
Phone call shows Bannon saying Trump would declare victory on election night — 1:27 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
The committee played audio footage of Trump associate Steve Bannon saying on Oct. 31, 2020, that if Biden was winning on Election Night, “Trump is gonna do some crazy [expletive].”
Speaking to a group of his associates from China, Bannon said: “What Trump is gonna do is just declare victory, and that doesn’t mean he’s the winner, he’s just going to say he’s the winner. When you wake up Wednesday morning, it’s gonna be a firestorm.”
Bannon during a recorded October 31 meeting: "What Trump is gonna do is just declare victory ... when you wake up Wednesday morning, it's gonna be a firestorm ... he's not going out easy. If Biden's winning, Trump is gonna do some crazy shit." pic.twitter.com/0TTaFbZN2z
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 13, 2022
Trump’s premature victory declaration on election night was premeditated, Lofgren says — 1:19 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
Representative Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat, said the committee’s evidence showed that the plan for Trump to declare victory on Election Night before all the ballots had been counted was premeditated.
The committee showed videotaped testimony of Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Bill Stepien, former Trump campaign manager.
On election night, Trump’s advisors told him he didn’t have a factual basis to declare victory and he should wait for the ballots to be counted.
“It was far too early to be making any calls like that,” Stepien said in video testimony. “Ballots were still being counted.”
But Trump did declare victory in the late hours of election night, Lofgren said, and called for votes to stop being counted, which would have been a violation of federal and state laws. Trump called for it anyway, Lofgren said.
“This is a fraud on the American public. Frankly, we did win this election. We want all voting to stop,” Trump said on Election Night.
Lofgren said the evidence shows his false declaration of victory was planned well in advance, before votes were counted.
Cheney says committee has obtained new evidence of ‘efforts to obstruct our investigation’ — 1:10 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
Representative Liz Cheney, vice chair of the committee and a Wyoming Republican said the committee has received new evidence of “efforts to obstruct our investigation and conceal key facts.”
“The central cause of Jan. 6 was one man, Donald Trump, who many others followed,” Cheney continued.
“Claims that President Trump actually thought the election was stolen are not supported by fact and are not a defense,” she said. “There is no defense that Donald Trump was duped or irrational. No president can defy the law and act this way in a constitutional republic,” Cheney continued.
Rep. Liz Cheney, setting up the Jan. 6 panel's tenth public session, said that “President Trump knew from unassailable sources that his election fraud claims were false.”
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 13, 2022
"There is no defense that Donald Trump was duped or irrational," Cheney said. https://t.co/8uciTugoBB pic.twitter.com/MHU6WPInkd
Hearing will feature new testimony from ‘additional Republicans’ who served in the Trump administration — 1:06 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
Representative Bennie Thompson, chairman of the committee and a Mississippi Democrat, said the hearing will feature “new testimony from additional Republicans.”
It will also include never-before-seen footage of congressional leaders on Jan. 6 who worked to coordinate the response.
Thompson added that the hearing will serve as a meeting so the panel can “potentially hold a committee vote on further investigative action.”
Thompson noted that the committee’s evidence has come “almost entirely from Republicans.”
‘All this evidence comes almost entirely from Republicans’ — Rep. Bennie Thompson noted that most of the evidence put forth by the Jan 6 House committee did not come from ‘Democrats or opponents of Donald Trump,’ but from Republicans and Trump aides pic.twitter.com/iWK66EXrqy
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 13, 2022
Thompson begins hearing — 1:02 p.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
Representative Bennie Thompson, chairman of the committee and a Mississippi Democrat, has gaveled in the start of the hearing.
Over the course of the committee’s hearings, evidence has shown there was a “multi-part plan” led by former president Donald Trump to overturn the election, Thompson said.
What Trump did after the 2020 election is something no former president has done, and was “a staggering betrayal of his oath,” Thompson continued.
“I’ve served in Congress a long time,” Thompson said “I can tell you it’s tough for any congressional investigation to obtain evidence like what we’ve received.”
The hearing is set to start soon. Watch it live here. — 12:45 p.m.
The Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol insurrection is preparing to convene what could be its final hearing. Watch it live:
There won’t be live witnesses at Thursday’s hearing — 12:00 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Unlike past hearings, this one is not expected to feature live witnesses, though the panel is expected to share information from its recent interviews — including testimony from Ginni Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Here’s what the committee will show — 11:45 a.m.
By The Associated Press
The session will serve as a closing argument by the panel’s two Republican lawmakers, Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, who have essentially been shunned by Trump and their party and will not be returning in the new Congress. Cheney lost her primary election and Kinzinger decided not to run.
The committee plans to show new video footage it received from the Secret Service of the rally on the White House Ellipse. Trump spoke there before encouraging his armed supporters to march to the Capitol and “fight like hell.”
The hearing also will include new documentary footage captured from the day of the attack.
Jan. 6 hearing promises ‘surprising’ details before election — 11:20 a.m.
By The Associated Press
The House Jan. 6 committee is set to unveil “surprising” details including evidence from Donald Trump’s Secret Service about the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol in what is likely to be its last public hearing before the November midterm elections.
The hearing Thursday afternoon, the 10th public session by the panel, is expected delve into Trump’s “state of mind” and the central role the defeated president played in the multipart effort to overturn the election, according to a committee aide who discussed the plans on condition of anonymity.
The committee is starting to sum up its findings: Trump, after losing the 2020 presidential election, launched an unprecedented attempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory. The result was the deadly mob siege of the Capitol.
Three things to know ahead of what could be the Jan. 6 committee’s final public hearing — 8:00 a.m.
By Amanda Kaufman, Globe Staff
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is convening Thursday for what could be its final public hearing, culminating a series of hourslong presentations that contained bombshell revelations about what took place before, during, and after a violent mob incited by former president Donald Trump stormed the building.
As what may be the final public hearing approaches, here’s what you need to know about when the hearing is taking place, what to expect as it unfolds, and what’s next for the committee.
Jan. 6 committee schedules next public hearing for Oct. 13
By The Associated Press
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has scheduled its next hearing for Oct. 13, pushing the investigation back into the limelight less than three weeks before the midterm election that will determine control of Congress.
It will be the panel’s first public session since the summer, when lawmakers worked through a series of tightly scripted hearings that attracted millions of viewers and touched on nearly every aspect of the Capitol insurrection.
Jan. 6 committee postpones Wednesday hearing due to Hurricane Ian, panel announces
By The Associated Press
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol announced Tuesday that it had postponed a hearing scheduled for Wednesday as a hurricane hurtled toward the Florida coast.
The committee had planned to hold what was likely to be its final investigative hearing Wednesday afternoon, but members decided at the last minute to delay it as it became clear that Hurricane Ian was churning on a collision course toward Florida, where it was expected to strengthen into a catastrophic Category 4 storm.
House Jan. 6 panel faces key decisions as it wraps up work
By The New York Times
A day before resuming its televised hearings and with only months remaining before it closes up shop, the House Jan. 6 committee is wrangling over how best to complete its work, with key decisions yet to be made on issues that could help shape its legacy.
The panel, whose public hearings this summer exposed substantial new details about former President Donald Trump’s efforts to reverse the outcome of the 2020 election, must still decide whether to issue subpoenas to Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence.
It has yet to settle on whether to enforce subpoenas issued to Republican members of Congress who have refused to cooperate with the inquiry, or what legislative recommendations to make. It must still grapple with when to turn its files over to the Justice Department, how to finish what it hopes will be a comprehensive written report and whether to make criminal referrals. It cannot even agree on whether Wednesday’s hearing will be its last.
Jan. 6 committee sees final hearing next week, racing year-end clock
By Bloomberg News
A House committee investigating the US Capitol attack is seeking to reclaim some of the spotlight lost to other blockbuster legal developments around Donald Trump with what could be its final hearing next week.
Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson told reporters Tuesday that a hearing scheduled for Sept. 28 would be the last for the committee, “unless something else develops.”
The panel is also planning to release an interim report of its investigative conclusions in early October, just weeks before the Nov. 8 elections that will determine control of Congress.
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