WASHINGTON — After hundreds of interviews, nine hearings and nearly 18 months of work, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol held its final hearing Monday ahead of the release of a report detailing its findings.
"I believe, nearly two years later, this is still a time of reflection and reckoning," said Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. "If we are to survive as a nation of laws and democracy, this can never happen again."
Thompson said that while the report — which the committee voted to adopt Monday — will make a number of policy recommendations to prevent another Jan. 6, ensuring future attacks don't happen will require "accountability" through the criminal justice system. The committee voted to recommend criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, lawyer John Eastman and others.
