The House Committee investigating January 6th will hold its latest public hearings Thursday in Washington.
The committee says they’re set to unveil “surprising” details including evidence from Donald Trump’s Secret Service about the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol in what is likely to be its last public hearing before the November midterm elections.
The hearing Thursday afternoon, the 10th public session by the panel, is expected to delve into Trump's “state of mind" and the central role the defeated president played in the multipart effort to overturn the election, according to a committee aide who discussed the plans on condition of anonymity.
Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips (D) told Drivetime with DeRusha that the hearings and the investigation are critical.
“As one who was trapped in the United States House Chamber that day, believed that not only was our safety as risk but likely our lives, that never imagined that I would live in a Unites States of America that would be subject to an insurrection by American citizens, I think it’s important that we get to the truth,” Phillips said. “And then we close the book on it and move on, and turn our efforts to ensure it never happens again.”
Phillips says he hopes the committee can complete their work soon and issue their final report. Phillips added that he does believe former President Donald Trump is singularly responsible for initiating the insurrection, inspiring it and then “doing absolutely nothing” while it was happening.
Under committee rules, the Jan. 6 panel is expected to produce a report of its findings, due after the election, likely in December. The committee will dissolve 30 days after publication of that report, and with the new Congress in January.
The hearing begins at noon Central time on Capitol Hill.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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