Jan. 6 committee has another hearing on Thursday, October 13

The House committee investigating Jan. 6 will reportedly unveil new Secret Service communications during a televised hearing on Thursday, showing how former President Donald Trump stoked the attack on the Capitol even after being warned about the unfolding violence.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., a member of the panel, said the hearing would also “tell the story about a key element of Donald Trump’s plot to overturn the election.”

The hearing is expected to include never-before-seen interview footage of witnesses the committee has deposed since late July. That could include Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who was interviewed behind closed doors. The committee asked Thomas about her role in trying to help Trump overturn his election defeat, including her correspondence with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawmakers in Arizona and Wisconsin in the weeks after the 2020 presidential election.

Then-President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as president in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021. (Evan Vucci/AP)

The seven Democrats and two Republicans on the panel also want to get to the bottom of missing Secret Service texts from Jan. 5-6, 2021, which could shed further light on Trump’s actions during the insurrection, particularly after earlier testimony about his confrontation with security as he tried to join supporters at the Capitol.

There are volumes of documents and testimony from Trump allies and former aides about his actions before and during the Capitol assault, including internal White House logs and thousands of texts turned over by his chief of staff Mark Meadows. Also included: a million and a half documents turned over by the Secret Service.

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Another decision for the committee, which includes two Republican critics of Trump, is how aggressively to pursue testimony from Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence. Some members have downplayed the value of their testimony or the feasibility of success.

The panel’s final report is likely in December, but it’s uncertain how much of the source material will accompany it — such as emails and text exchanges turned over by witnesses, internal White House memos, calendars, handwritten notes, surveillance video, law enforcement radio transmissions, taped interviews and more.

With a little more than two months to go, committee members aren’t yet saying what they will do. But they say they are confident their work will last.

“We’re going to make sure that everything is taken care of,” said Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat who sits on the panel.

With News Wire Services