Approaching the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, the House select committee investigating the matter could have a big year ahead in 2022.
The Jan. 6 select committee has interviewed more than 300 witnesses behind closed doors, including state and local elections officials it says were pressured by the Trump campaign. It has also reviewed about 35,000 pages of documents—notably, text messages to and from Trump’s last White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows.
The nine-member committee is made up of seven Democrats and two Republicans, all appointed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., after she blocked GOP appointments by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.
McCarthy and other Republicans have questioned the legitimacy of the committee, its tactics, and its partisan imbalance.
The following are six things to expect in the coming weeks.
1) Televised Hearings, Interim Report
In 2022, the committee, which has mostly been operating like a grand jury gathering information, will come out into the open with hearings on TV.
Select Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said the panel is considering prime-time hearings to maximize exposure.
“The public needs to know, needs to hear from people under oath about what led up to Jan. 6th, and to some degree, what has continued after Jan. 6,” Thompson told Bloomberg News.
The committee plans to release an interim report in the spring or summer of its findings and a final report in the fall—ahead of the November 2022 midterm elections.
The Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol led to the second impeachment of Trump, in which a bipartisan House charged him with “incitement to insurrection.”
Kangaroos, all of them.
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Prison TIme for TREASON for Biden Harris Pelosi Pence D.C Mayor Schumer Schiff Nadler !!!!
The Guilty don’t get to also be the Judge !!!!! (Democrats ) !!!!!! That is for REAL COURT !!!!!!
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Congress is NOT a COURT !!!! That is for the Other BRANCH of Govt !!!!!! Put Congress in CHECK !!!!!
Courts with NO RULES = Congress (Kangaroo court )
Real Courts > Have Rules Congress Ignores !!!