The House Jan. 6 committee plans to hold at least 1 more hearing this month and release early findings and recommendations before the election.
The House Jan. 6 committee is on a potential collision course with the Nov. 8 election.The committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol plans to hold at least one more hearing late this month and release early findings and recommendations before the election.
Despite the panel's long-stated goal of avoiding perceptions of partisanship or politicization, a noisy October could impact the midterms.The committee will meet virtually Friday to plan the rest of their schedule including upcoming hearings, members told Axios. Unlike 1/6 probes by the Justice Department and the Fulton County, Ga., district attorney, the committee has an expiration date. "We sunset Dec. 31," Chairman Bennie Thompson told reporters this week.the election, plenty of news could be made beforethe panel does not want to be "perceived as a partisan committee ... we’ve been fairly free of those kind of complaints, and we would not want to interfere with the election."the time between an expected Sept.
"It’s about making sure there’s an accurate historical record of a disgraceful day when our democracy was under attack and holding accountable the people who organized it and took those horrible actions," he said.
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