Live updates: Jan. 6 rioter, former Oath Keepers spokesman testify in seventh hearing

Stephen Ayres (L), who entered the U.S. Capitol illegally on January 6, 2021, confers with Jason Van Tatenhove (R), who served as national spokesman for the Oath Keepers and as a close aide to Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, prior to their testimony during the seventh hearing by the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday afternoon. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack held its seventh public hearing Tuesday, focusing on the role right-wing extremist groups – such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers – played in planning the deadly siege.

The committee connected the dots between these groups and the effort to overturn the 2020 election – and argued that a tweet from former President Donald Trump spurred some in those groups to organize around Jan. 6, 2021.