The House Jan. 6The panel called for a surprise hearing this week, presenting recently obtained evidence and raising expectations for a new bomb. increase. Thorough investigation of the parliamentary riots.
A hearing scheduled for 1:00 pm. Tuesday is after Congress has left Washington for a two-week adjournment. Last week, a member of the panel investigating the January 6, 2021 riots said there would be no more hearings until July.
The subject of the inquiry is currently unknown. A spokesman for the panel declined to comment on the content.
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The Commission's investigation continued during the hearing, which began three weeks ago, and a nine-member committee investigated attacks by then-President Donald Trump's supporters. I'm continuing. Among other investigative evidence, the Commission recently obtained new footage of Trump and his inner circle, both taken around January 6, 2021 , from British filmmaker Alex Holder. Did.
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Holders of Congress last week to submit all the footage shot during the last week of Trump's 2020. A reelection campaign that includes an exclusive interview with Trump, his children, and then Vice President Mike Pence while on the trail of the campaign stating that he had complied with the summons. The footage contains pre-riot and post-riot material.
It's unclear if the inquiry on Tuesday was for the holder's footage, or if the holder himself was there. Holder's lawyer, Russell Smith, declined to comment.
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Panel Democratic Chairman Benny Thompson said last week that the commission owned the footage and more time to pass the time the video holders turned. That's all I told reporters that it was necessary. According to Smith, the British filmmaker took a two-hour testimony on Thursday.
Smith stated that it was the holder's "citizen's duty" that came before, and that the footage showed some inconsistencies with previous testimony at the hearing.
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The panel has held five hearings so far, mainly January 6 At a joint parliamentary meeting, Democrat Joe Biden finally proved the president's victory.
Commission, Trump And Mike Pence, who detailed the pressure on the Vice President from his allies, about the states and the Department of Justice that proved Biden's victory. The
panel elaborated on what they learned using live interviews, video testimonies from private witness interviews, and video footage of the attacks.
Last week, two hearings in July focused on the domestic militants who broke the Capitol that day and what Trump was doing when the violence unfolded. Said.
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