The House select committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is in full force as the U.S. prepares to mark one year since the deadly riot rocked the nation.
The House established the panel in June and tasked it with investigating the facts, circumstances and causes connected to the Jan. 6 attack. Since then, lawmakers have spoken with more than 300 people, issued more than 40 subpoenas requesting testimony and documents, and has held a public hearing that at-times included emotional testimony from four police officers who were at the Capitol fending off rioters that day.
The facts and circumstances of the Capitol riot extend beyond the hill’s grounds to both the White House and a nearby hotel in which lawmakers say associates of former President Trump devised plans to overturn the election on the day Congress was to certify President Biden’s win.
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the chairman of the select committee, made the rounds on the Sunday political shows where he detailed several aspects of the committee’s investigation.
