Kellyanne Conway meets with January 6 committee - CNN

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Kellyanne Conway, who served successful the White House arsenic a elder advisor to then-President Donald Trump, met with the House prime committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection successful idiosyncratic for astir 5 hours connected Monday, according to a root acquainted with the meeting.

The committee has not publically subpoenaed Conway, and Conway told CNN connected Monday she voluntarily appeared earlier the panel.

“I americium present voluntarily,” Conway said erstwhile taking a interruption from her interview.

Asked erstwhile she past spoke with Trump, Conway said: “Last week helium called me.”

When asked what the January 6 committee has asked her successful the interview, Conway said: “I won’t sermon the committee’s work.”

Conway, historically a staunch protagonist of Trump, acknowledged successful her publication that Trump mislaid the 2020 statesmanlike predetermination and said helium received atrocious proposal from those astir him.

“Despite the mountains of wealth Trump had raised, his squad simply failed to get the occupation done. A occupation that was doable and had a wide path, if followed,” Conway wrote successful “Here’s the Deal,” which was published successful May. “Rather than accepting work for the loss, they played on and lent full-throated encouragement (privately, not connected TV) erstwhile Trump kept insisting helium won.”

Conway’s interrogation demonstrates the committee is inactive moving to implicit its probe portion simultaneously moving to decorativeness its last study up of the Republican takeover of Congress successful January.

Members of the committee are successful progressive discussions astir what to see successful the panel’s last report, which they’ve said volition beryllium released by the extremity of the year. The members expect it volition absorption connected issues beyond however Trump’s efforts to forestall the peaceful transportation of powerfulness fueled the unit that day.

The report volition efficaciously serve arsenic the committee’s closing connection but with little than 2 months near earlier the sheet expires, arsenic Republicans volition instrumentality implicit the bulk of the House successful January.

“I would similar to spot our study beryllium arsenic wide and inclusive arsenic possible,” committee subordinate Rep. Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, told CNN connected Sunday. “We are discussing arsenic a committee among the members what belongs successful the assemblage of the report, what belongs successful the appendices of the report, what is beyond the scope of our investigation, and we’ll scope those decisions successful a collaborative manner.”

This communicative and header person been updated with further developments.