January 6 committee schedules likely final public hearing, but nothing ‘set in stone’

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The hearing is scheduled for September 28, 2022
New testimonies may be presented at the session
The Jan 6 committee has publicly convened eight times so far

Written By:Aman

Updated: September 21 2022 04:47:57 PM ET Washington D.C., DC, USA

The January 6 Committee scheduled its last possible public hearing for September 28, 2022, at 1:00 PM ET (10:30 PM IST). This will be the ninth time the House Select Committee will convene publicly, and also possibly the last.

While it is unclear what the ninth public session will focus on, the investigative panel is expected to tie up all loose ends and summarise the probe. New testimonies from witnesses may also be presented in the hearing next week.

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While this may be the final hearing, the January 6 committee may reconvene publicly in the need arises. “I can say that unless something else develops, this hearing at this point is the final hearing”, January 6 committee chair Bennie Thompson said. He added, “But it is not in stone because things happen”, according to ABC News.

The announcement comes as Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, agreed to speak to the January 6 committee. She was previously tied to the riots after her text messages with Mark Meadows were discovered.

The committee has already revealed much of its work at eight hearings over the summer, showing in detail how former President Donald Trump ignored many of his closest advisers and amplified his false claims of election fraud after he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden.

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Witnesses interviewed by the panel — some of them Trump’s closest allies — recounted in videotaped testimony how the former president declined to act when hundreds of his supporters violently attacked the Capitol as Congress certified Biden’s victory on January 6, 2021.

Lawmakers say there is more to come. The nine-member panel — seven Democrats and two Republicans — interviewed witnesses through August, and they are hoping to have at least one hearing by the end of the month. Members met earlier this month to discuss the panel’s next steps, possibly summoning Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence.