The House of Representatives panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach says it will reveal new material in the first of a series of upcoming public hearings.
The hearing will take place on June 9 at 8 p.m. ET.
During the hearing, the panel will “present previously unseen material documenting January 6th, receive witness testimony, preview additional hearings, and provide the American people a summary of its findings about the coordinated, multi-step effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and prevent the transfer of power,” the committee said in a statement to news outlets.
A spokesman for the panel did not respond to a request for more information.
The nine-member panel, which includes seven Democrats and two Republicans, has not held a hearing with witnesses since July 2021.
Four police officers who responded to the breach testified during that hearing.
The panel plans to hold approximately eight hearings in June.
Several people close to former Vice President Mike Pence, including his former chief counsel, Greg Jacob, are reportedly in talks to appear during the hearings.
Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) told reporters previously that the hearings “will tell the story about what happened” on Jan. 6.
“We will use a combination of witnesses, exhibits, things that we have—to the tens of thousands of exhibits we’ve interviewed and looked at as well as the hundreds of witnesses we deposed or just talked to in general,” he said at the time. “It will give the public the benefit of what more than a year’s worth of investigation has borne to the committee.”
Republicans have repeatedly decried the probe as partisan and unnecessary.
“Dems in Congress announced a primetime, made-for-TV hearing on Jan 6,” Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the House minority whip, said in a statement on social media. “What they haven’t had a primetime hearing on:
- The record-high gas prices - The soaring inflation - The border crisis - The supply chain nightmares
Tells you all you need to know about their priorities.”
Critics point to how House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) blocked several picks for the panel tapped by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), which prompted McCarthy to pull the rest of his picks in protest.
The only GOP members on the panel are Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.). Both were picked by Pelosi and are outspoken opponents of former President Donald Trump.
The panel is scheduled to release a report on its findings in the fall.
