Capitol riot investigators, citing “recently obtained evidence,” changed course after deciding to pause their public events until July.
The Jan. 6 select committee, in a surprise announcement with about 24 hours’ notice, scheduled a Tuesday hearing “to present recently obtained evidence and receive witness testimony.”
It was not immediately clear whom the panel was calling to testify, nor what new evidence was being presented. But the sudden schedule change intensified intrigue in Washington, where the panel has mounted a carefully choreographed set of hearings about former President Donald Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election.
The shift was particularly jarring after the panel had foreshadowed a two-week hiatus to assess and analyze a flood of new evidence. The committee’s chair, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), told reporters last week that investigators were poring over new documentary footage from a British filmmaker who had access to Trump and his family before and after Jan. 6. The panel was also anticipating a new tranche of documents from the National Archives, due to arrive on July 8.
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The Tuesday hearing plan quickly set Capitol Hill abuzz, even though details were sparse. Committee aides and members were tight-lipped about the substance of the hearing but were clear that it was scheduled with extreme urgency, interrupting what many of them had planned to be a quieter-than-usual week.
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The Jan. 6 committee abruptly scheduled a Tuesday hearing with about 24 hours’ notice “to present recently obtained evidence and receive witness testimony.” The witness list remains a mystery. https://t.co/BUpFkVvTKO
— POLITICO (@politico) June 27, 2022
JUST IN: The Jan. 6 committee has scheduled a short-notice hearing to share recently obtained evidence. pic.twitter.com/Ijn96X8sfi
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) June 27, 2022
A seriously escalating investigation. And rightly so. https://t.co/ZEhHbCNth6
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) June 27, 2022
I thought a hearing was scheduled this week — the last before more hearings possibly in the next month or so.
No matter. I will be watching.
The star witness at today's Jan. 6 hearing is expected to be Cassidy Hutchinson, a former special assistant to the president who worked as an aide to ex-chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Hutchinson has been the source of some extraordinary revelations. https://t.co/Jmmnm4byNX
— POLITICO (@politico) June 28, 2022
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