Jan. 6 hearings will continue into July

The House Jan. 6 select committee held its fourth public hearing on Tuesday. (The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The House Jan. 6 committee is extending the timetable for its public hearings into July.

Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., told reporters that Thursday's hearing, focused on former President Donald Trump's pressure on the Department of Justice, will be the last for the month of June with more hearings to come after Congress' July 4^th recess. The House will reconvene the week of July 11, and Thompson indicated that's the earliest hearings would likely resume.