Rep. Bennie Thompson said they had to consider new footage of the Trump family, documents from the National Archives and tips they had received during previous hearings.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the Jan. 6 select committee, said Wednesday that significant new streams of evidence have necessitated a change to the panel’s hearing schedule, including the potential for additional hearings.
After the committee’s Thursday hearing — which will focus on former President Donald Trump’s effort to deploy the Justice Department to help overturn the 2020 presidential election — House investigators will resume hearings in July, Thompson said.
Thompson (D-Miss.) cited newly received footage from documentarian Alex Holder, who had access to Trump and his family before and after Jan. 6; new documents from the National Archives; and a flood of new tips received during the committee’s first four public hearings.
Although panel leaders have only teased the possibility of two public hearings beyond Thursday’s, Thompson said they may add one or more hearings, depending on the evidence it collects in the coming weeks. The House is scheduled to leave town for two weeks beginning Friday and to return on July 12. Thompson said the panel’s hearings would likely resume “after the recess.”
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New evidence is prompting the Jan. 6 panel to change its hearing schedule, which could include adding more hearings.
Rep. Thompson said the panel had to consider new footage of the Trump family, National Archives docs and tips from previous hearings. https://t.co/2ZKxhHpvfC
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These hearings have been “must-see TV” — except for Trump and his cult.
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