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Friday could be the final committee hearing into the January 6 Capitol riots for a while. Here's what we're expecting from it

The eighth hearing of the select committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 has been locked in — and it's prime-time viewing again for US audiences.

ABC News

Bannon was ‘thumbing his nose’ at Jan. 6 subpoena, prosecutor says

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon never ignored a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee as its return date was the subject of ongoing negotiation, and politics was behind the panel’s referral for criminal contempt charges, his defense attorney said.

Tribune News Service

Bannon was ‘thumbing his nose’ at Jan. 6 subpoena, prosecutor says

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon “refused to follow the rules” in defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee, a prosecutor said during opening statements in his contempt of Congress trial. But the defense alleged the referral for charges was political.

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Primetime January 6 hearing to go ahead despite chairman’s positive Covid test

Bennie Thompson to miss hearing as ex-Trump aides Matthew Pottinger and Sarah Matthews expected to give evidence

The Guardian - US

Bannon didn't 'follow the rules' in defying Jan. 6 subpoena, prosecutor says

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon “refused to follow the rules” in defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee and should be held accountable, a prosecutor said during opening arguments in his contempt of Congress trial.

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 committee Chairman Bennie Thompson has COVID-19, is likely to miss Thursday hearing

WASHINGTON — Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the House Jan. 6 committee, is likely to miss the panel’s Thursday hearing after contracting COVID-19.

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 panel chair Thompson to miss Thursday's hearing after testing COVID positive

Rep. Bennie Thompson, who is fully vaccinated and boosted, said he is experiencing mild symptoms. He has instructed the Jan. 6 committee to proceed with Thursday evening's hearing without him.

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House Jan. 6 panel chair tests positive for COVID-19

The chairman of the House Jan. 6 committee has tested positive for COVID-19, but the panel will still hold its prime-time hearing on Thursday

The Independent UK

Jan 6 hearing still on despite chairman Bennie Thompson testing positive for Covid

The chairman’s sickness comes the same week that the committee planned to hold a major prime time hearing.

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 panel extends inquiry because information keeps coming

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which had planned to finish its inquiry by September, will instead keep operating beyond that because more information keeps coming in, the panel’s chairman said Monday night.

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 panel plans more hearings and multiple reports

Chair Bennie Thompson said there will be a "scaled-back" report before the final one.

Axios

Steve Bannon’s ‘misdemeanor from hell’ on Jan. 6 charges goes to trial

Steve Bannon’s trial on contempt charges for defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 panel got underway in federal court with jury selection, and a new defense effort to bar evidence unless committee Chair Bennie Thompson testifies.

Tribune News Service

Steve Bannon braces for contempt trial as Jan 6 panel to receive deleted Secret Service texts by Tuesday

US Secret Service says text messages were erased as part of a ‘device-replacement programme’

The Independent UK

House panel subpoenas Secret Service records in Jan. 6 probe

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the assault on the US Capitol has subpoenaed records from the Secret Service after being told by a government inspector general that the agency wasn’t cooperating with the inquiry.

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What the subpoena for the Secret Service's erased texts means for the Jan. 6 probe

The House committee subpoenaed the Secret Service for text messages agents reportedly deleted, as the panel probes President Donald Trump's actions at the time of the deadly Capitol attack.

Tribune News Service

Secret Service isn’t cooperating with Jan. 6 probe, panel told

WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating the assault on the U.S. Capitol met Friday with representatives of the Homeland Security Department’s watchdog who said the Secret Service isn’t cooperating with its investigation.

The Independent UK

Jan 6 panel dropped evidence linking Trump figures to Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, committee chairman reveals

Including the testimony of former White House counsel Pat Cipollone meant cutting evidence connecting the president’s allies to extremist groups

The Guardian - US

Secret Service agents’ January 6 texts were erased after oversight request

Office of Inspector General revealed that messages from 5 and 6 January were destroyed only after the request was made

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Secret Service texts that could shed light on Trump’s actions erased, Jan. 6 panel says

WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating the assault on the U.S. Capitol is seeking to recover U.S. Secret Service text messages that could shed light on then-President Donald Trump’s actions as the attack unfolded, but were erased from the agency’s computer system.

Axios

Jan. 6 panel aims to "reconstruct" deleted Secret Service texts

The texts were from Jan. 5 and Jan. 6 and could contain key evidence.

Tribune News Service

Jan. 6 panel gives information about Trump’s fake electors’ scheme to Justice Department

The chair of the Jan. 6 committee said the panel has started handing over information about former President Donald Trump’s fake electors’ scheme to Department of Justice prosecutors.

The Guardian - US

January 6 testimony tells chilling tale of democracy hanging by a thread

Analysis: Viewers learned of an ‘unhinged’ White House meeting and rioters ready for war – but will it close the case against Trump?

The Guardian - UK

Explosive testimony suggests Trump was set on a coup that evokes America’s darkest hour

The 6 January hearings already confirm a plan for insurrection and recall the civil war and its ‘lost cause’ aftermath

Tribune News Service

3 reasons Jan. 6 committee wants former White House counsel Pat Cipollone’s testimony

Testimony and findings presented by the House Jan. 6 committee during its public hearings have shown that Pat Cipollone, White House counsel under President Donald Trump, was a crucial witness to many of the central issues the panel is probing.

Roll Call

Three reasons the Jan. 6 select committee wants Pat Cipollone’s testimony

The former White House counsel is “uniquely positioned to testify” but has declined to provide on-the-record testimony, the panel said.

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