WASHINGTON — The House investigation into last year’s Capitol insurrection will move its work into the public eye as soon as April, laying out for voters evidence that they say shows former President Donald Trump and his allies stoked the violence.
The select committee of five Democrats and two Republicans doesn’t have a formal deadline and has largely kept its work behind closed doors. But with Washington’s focus turning to the November elections and polls showing diminishing public outrage over the Jan. 6, 2021 riot by Trump supporters, the panel is readying its first public hearings since holding an initial one in July featuring police officers who were on duty that day.
Recent subpoenas and public statements indicate investigators have concluded Trump and his allies organized and incited the mob that stormed the Capitol while Congress was certifying the Electoral College votes from the 2020 presidential election.
