WASHINGTON — The ties between allies of former President Donald Trump and the far-right extremists who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is the focus of Tuesday’s hearing by the House committee investigating the insurrection.
Members of the panel are using the seventh public hearing to cover an extended timeline from the Electoral College’s Dec. 14, 2020, meeting to affirm Joe Biden’s win until Jan. 6, 2021, when the electoral vote count in Congress was interrupted by the attack on the Capitol. The committee is expected to present evidence and testimony on the preparations for the insurrection by extremist groups such as the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, whose members have since been charged with sedition.
Reps. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., and Jamie Raskin, D-Md., will lead questioning of witnesses following opening remarks from Chair Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. The committee did not release witness names before the hearing, citing concerns about their safety, but several media outlets reported that a former spokesman for the Oath Keepers and a rioter who pleaded guilty to entering the Capitol building will be among those testifying.
