January 6 hearing live updates: Committee will unveil 'key facts' - USA TODAY

WASHINGTON – The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 onslaught is holding its ninth public hearing aft proceedings scheduled for the extremity of September were postponed because of Hurricane Ian. This is the archetypal proceeding since July. 

Committee members have not shared authoritative details oregon a witnesser list, but Committee Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., told reporters the hearing will see information that has developed implicit the summer. The committee's last study is expected this fall.

In a tweet sent precocious Wednesday, the committee said it would contiguous "key facts we've uncovered during our investigation."

"The Select Committee has developed a monolithic assemblage of evidence," Thompson said successful a connection connected Sept. 12. "It hasn’t ever been casual ... due to the fact that the aforesaid radical who drove the erstwhile President’s unit run to overturn the predetermination are present trying to screen up the information astir Jan. 6th."

The Washington Post reported Wednesday the committee plans to highlight precocious obtained Secret Service records and video footage that uncover Trump was continuously alerted to the unit connected Jan. 6 and did not halt it, according to 3 radical acquainted with the records.

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It is expected the committee whitethorn besides focus on Roger Stone, a confidant of erstwhile President Donald Trump, and his efforts to keep Trump successful powerfulness pursuing the 2020 election. Stone was behind the “Stop the Steal” question that falsely claimed Trump won the 2020 predetermination and had close contact with two right-wing extremist groups progressive successful the Jan. 6 attack. 

The Jan. 6 committee reportedly plans to amusement documentary footage revealing further accusation astir Stone successful Thursday's hearing, which takes spot little than a month before the midterm elections. 

Watch it: How to ticker today's Jan. 6 committee proceeding connected the Capitol attack

Hearing time 8 recap: What we learned from the eighth Jan. 6 hearings

During the past nationalist proceeding connected July 21, the special congressional committee focused on erstwhile Trump's inaction successful stopping his supporters from swarming the Capitol.

As the hearing ended, Vice Chair Liz Cheney, who lost her primary successful August to Trump-backed campaigner Harriet Hageman, said the committee had recovered much grounds and caller witnesses had travel forward.

"We person considerably much to do," she said. 

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Since that hearing, the ineligible scenery for 1 of the committee's cardinal targets – Trump – has shifted importantly pursuing the FBI hunt of his Mar-a-Lago estate and a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James against Trump, his institution and 3 of his big children alleging fraud.

The latest: 

• Trump’s “false triumph speech” was planned good successful beforehand of Election Day, careless of results, committee subordinate Rep. Zoe Lofgren said.
• Trump confidant Roger Stone told Danish filmmakers connected Nov. 1, 2020, that then-president needed to state triumph nary substance the results. “Possession is nine-tenths of the law,” helium said.
• Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson said the committee is gathering Thursday not arsenic a proceeding but arsenic an authoritative concern meeting, which allows for committee ballot connected projected actions.

Trump had ‘pre-meditated plan’ to cull predetermination results, committee says

Trump run advisors told the erstwhile president connected predetermination nighttime that it was premature to state triumph but helium did anyhow arsenic portion of a “pre-meditated plan,” according to the committee.

“It was acold excessively aboriginal to galore immoderate calls similar that,” Trump run manager Bill Stepien told the committee successful videotaped testimony.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a committee member, said Trump planned to exploit a “red mirage” that would amusement him up of Joe Biden earlier mail-ballots were counted. Trump attacked mail-ballots passim the campaign, giving Biden a monolithic vantage among voters who voted absentee.

And yet Trump advisors advised the erstwhile president successful the months earlier the predetermination that mail-ballots could really assistance him win.

“Mail-in ballots tin beryllium a bully thing,” Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner told the committee, describing what was told to Trump

Stepien gave a akin relationship to the committee but said “the president’s caput was made up.”

- Joey Garrison

Cheney: Trump wasn’t ‘dupe’

In a blistering opening statement, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who serves arsenic the panel's vice chair, warned that if immoderate benignant of enactment isn’t taken against the erstwhile president “another Jan. 6 could hap again.”

"President Trump knew from unassailable sources that his predetermination fraud claims were false. He admitted helium had mislaid the election," she said.

Cheney, who mislaid her reelection bid successful a GOP superior to a Trump-backed contender successful August, has been a main people of the erstwhile president’s ire. She reiterated during Thursday’s proceeding however the erstwhile president was solely liable for the attack.

"There is nary defense that Donald Trump was duped oregon irrational,” she said. “No president tin defy the regularisation of instrumentality and act this mode successful a law republic—period."

- Phillip M. Bailey

Cheney says “no guarantee” institutions volition clasp adjacent time

Vice Chairwoman Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., warned of aboriginal presidencies that could emulate Trump’s efforts to overturn the election.

“A cardinal acquisition of this probe is this: our institutions lone clasp erstwhile men and women of bully religion marque them hold, careless of the governmental cost,” said Cheney.

“Any aboriginal president inclined to effort what Donald Trump did successful 2020 has present learned not to instal radical who could basal successful the way,” Cheney warned.

- Ken Tran

Committee to contiguous grounds from Secret Service

The Jan. 6 committee volition contiguous “new materials produced to the committee by the Secret Service,” Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said Thursday.

The committee recovered retired aft subpoenaing Secret Service records earlier this twelvemonth that the bureau had deleted substance messages that unit made connected Jan. 5 and 6, starring the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector wide to motorboat a transgression investigation.

More: Criminal probe of Secret Service texts a 'big deal' arsenic bureau draws Jan. 6 committee scrutiny

However, since the past hearing, the committee received astir 800,000 pages of documents from the Secret Service, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said successful September.

- Erin Mansfield

Cheney: Trump ‘central cause’ of Jan. 6 Capitol attack

The committee volition research during the proceeding erstwhile President Donald Trump’s authorities of mind, intent and motivations successful trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to the vice chairwoman, Rep. Liz Cheney.

She said Trump made his claims of a stolen predetermination without grounds successful manus and past spurred aides to dispersed lies astir fraud.

“The immense value of the grounds truthful acold has shown america that the cardinal origin of Jan. 6 was 1 man, Donald Trump, who galore others followed,” said Cheney, R-Wyo. “None of this would person happened without him. He was personally and substantially progressive successful each of it.”

- Bart Jansen

Thompson hints astatine 'further investigative action' by the committee

Committee president Bennie Thompson previewed coming attractions by noting that this proceeding is simply a besides a "business meeting" – meaning the committee could instrumentality votes contiguous connected aboriginal investigative steps.

"In summation to presenting evidence, we tin perchance clasp a committee ballot connected further investigative enactment based upon that evidence," Thompson said.

– David Jackson

Testimony came mostly from Republicans, president says

The grounds obtained by the Jan. 6 committee is not partisan and grounds came astir wholly from Republicans, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said successful his opening statement.

Thompson said grounds came from erstwhile President Donald Trump’s closest aides and advisors, the highest officials successful the Department of Justice, Republican authorities officials, the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, and members of Trump’s ain family, among others.

“It’s pugnacious for immoderate legislature probe to get grounds of what we’ve seen, slightest of each specified a elaborate presumption into a president’s interior circle,” Thompson said.

- Erin Mansfield

Jan. 6 sheet promises ‘never-before-seen footage’ earlier proceeding begins

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 onslaught connected the U.S. Capitol says it volition amusement “never-before-seen footage” during Thursday’s nationalist proceeding and “more details astir the ongoing menace to American democracy.”

That’s according to a tweet from the Jan. 6 committee posted soon earlier the proceeding is acceptable to statesman astatine 1 p.m. EDT.

Thursday volition people the 9th hearing of the committee, which has worked to item the cardinal relation erstwhile President Donald Trump played up of and during the attack.

-- Joey Garrison

What is the aboriginal for Jan. 6 committee members?

Weeks distant from the midterms, seven Jan. 6 committee members are gearing up for cardinal races successful their location districts portion 3 others volition not beryllium returning to Congress adjacent term.

Committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., was defeated in Wyoming’s GOP superior contention this August against Trump-backed campaigner Harriet Hageman.

Both Republican Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger and Democrat Rep. Stephanie Murphy of Florida announced did not question reelection.

The remaining committee members look bids to support their seats connected Nov. 8.

Committee seat Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., faces GOP subject seasoned Brian Flowers, who won the Republican primary earlier this summer.

In Virginia, Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria is moving against Navy seasoned and Virginia authorities Sen. Jen Kiggans in Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District.

Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin is moving against republican Gregory Coll, a rocket scientist, to support his spot successful Maryland’s 8th Congressional District.

In California, Democrats Adam Schiff, Pete Aguilar and Zoe Lofgren are facing disconnected against Republican superior winners to remain successful office.

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Who are the members of the January 6 committee?

The committee is composed of 9 members of the House — 7 Democrats and 2 Republicans. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., appointed each member.  

Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi serves arsenic the committee chair. He antecedently worked on authorities to make a bipartisan commission to analyse Jan. 6, but it died successful the Senate. Thompson, who besides serves arsenic seat of the Homeland Security Committee, sued Trump after Jan. 6 and accused the president of inciting the onslaught and conspiring with extremist groups.

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., serves arsenic the vice seat and is 1 of 2 Republicans connected the committee. Cheney condemned Trump for his relation successful the onslaught and voted to impeach him, resulting successful her being ousted from GOP enactment for criticizing the erstwhile president and those who stay loyal to him.

Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger serves arsenic the different Republican connected the committee. Kinzinger was one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump. He has condemned members of his ain enactment and has been an outspoken subordinate of the GOP.

Also connected the committee are Democratic Reps. Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Adam Schiff of California, who both served arsenic pb impeachment managers for Trump’s archetypal and 2nd impeachments.  

Other Democrat House members see Stephanie Murphy of Florida who co-chairs the Blue Dog Coalition; Pete Aguilar of California, the lone Latino typical connected the committee; Zoe Lofgren of California, who was progressive successful prosecuting 1 of Trump’s impeachment trials and retired Navy commander Elaine Luria of Virginia. 

Who other is the committee seeking to testify? 

The committee sought grounds from Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, specifically implicit a phone telephone Trump made to Vos asking to overturn the results of the election. 

The committee expressed involvement in speaking again with two Secret Service officials who protected Trump – Anthony Ornato and Robert Engel – after former Trump adjutant Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony.

Neither person testified nether oath. Cheney said the committee received 800,000 pages of communication from the Secret Service aft committee members filed a subpoena successful July for substance messages reportedly deleted.

The committee besides requested erstwhile House Speaker Newt Gingrich provide accusation related to Jan. 6. 

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Who has testified since the past hearing? 

Members of the committee interviewed additional witnesses since the past nationalist proceeding successful July. 

The committee heard from Ginni Thomas, the woman of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, connected Sept. 29. She voluntarily agreed to look earlier the committee and repeated claims the 2020 predetermination was stolen during her testimony.  

Thomas's lawyer said she voiced concerns implicit predetermination fraud, condemned the unit connected Jan. 6 and answered the committee's questions. 

The committee also heard from Kelli Ward, the caput of Arizona’s Republican Party, who declined to reply questions during her subpoenaed testimony, according to a authorities attorney. Ward was portion of a radical that cast fake electoral votes for Trump aft helium mislaid the state.

The Jan. 6 committee sought a log of her telephone calls and substance messages. A federal justice decided the committee was wrong its rights to subpoena Ward for the compartment telephone records. 

What clip is Thursday's Jan. 6 hearing? 

The hearing volition beryllium at 1 p.m. ET. 

Where to ticker the Jan. 6 hearing

USA TODAY volition aerial it connected its YouTube channel. C-SPAN volition besides aerial it, arsenic good arsenic TV networks specified arsenic CNN, CBS and MSNBC. 

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Will this beryllium the past hearing?

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said possibly truthful erstwhile interviewed connected "Meet the Press" connected Sept. 25.

"It, it whitethorn beryllium the past investigative nationalist proceeding wherever we're going to effort to circular retired the factual narrative," helium said, but held retired anticipation determination would beryllium an further proceeding "that lays retired each of our legislative recommendations astir however to forestall coups, insurrections, governmental unit and electoral sabotage successful the future because this is simply a wide and contiguous information that's continuing up close to this day."

Cheney suggested astatine the Texas Tribune Festival Sept. 24 that it is improbable the upcoming hearing will beryllium the last.