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A Democratic subordinate of the House prime committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot told CNN connected Thursday that the panel’s enactment volition beryllium released successful its entirety aboriginal this period truthful Republicans cannot cherry-pick grounds erstwhile they instrumentality implicit the majority.
“(Republicans have) been beauteous wide they’d similar to undermine the enactment we’ve done but we’re going to forestall that. We are going to merchandise each the accusation we’ve collected truthful it cannot beryllium selectively edited and spun,” California Rep. Zoe Lofgren told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins connected “CNN This Morning.”
Pressed connected whether that means the committee volition merchandise everything, Lofgren said, “that’s correct” and affirmed that the panel’s last study volition beryllium released this month.
Republicans are acceptable to instrumentality implicit the House successful January and are definite to dissolve the committee, and its members person signaled successful caller weeks that their enactment is nearing a close. Earlier this week, president Rep. Bennie Thompson said members are “close to putting pens down.”
Lofgren besides confirmed to CNN that the sheet volition see whether to contented transgression referrals erstwhile members conscionable connected Friday and volition sermon what to bash astir GOP lawmakers who defied their subpoenas.
Lofgren would not accidental specifically whether she believes the committee volition yet contented a transgression referral for erstwhile President Donald Trump oregon others but made wide that “anything we nonstop to (the Justice Department) arsenic a proposal needs to beryllium tethered to the facts we found.”
“We privation to marque definite we are connected steadfast crushed if referrals are made,” Lofgren added.