WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has requested access to transcripts of interviews conducted by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The committee and department officials haven’t yet reached an agreement that could help advance a long simmering federal investigation into efforts to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 president election, according to Representative Bennie Thompson, the Mississippi Democrat who chairs the panel.
The committee is investigating the deadly attack on the Capitol, where lawmakers were counting Electoral College votes, and the events leading up to it.
