The House select committee investigating the Capitol riot on January 6 is rescheduling what would have been its final prime time hearing on Thursday, upon receiving new information.
NBC News’s Ali Vitali and Haley Talbot reported the reshuffle on Monday, one day before the committee’s next scheduled hearing which will happen on Tuesday afternoon.
The hearing was reportedly meant to be the select committee’s final prime time showing after its first one last month that kicked off the raft of hearings. The hearing was never formally announced but was widely expected.
The news comes a day after it was announced that Steve Bannon, one of former president Donald Trump’s closest advisers, would testify before the select committee. Representative Zoe Lofgren, a member of the select committee, confirmed to CNN that Mr Bannon would testify.
The House of Representatives had previously voted to hold Mr Bannon in contempt of Congress for his refusal to comply. The former Trump campaign and White House adviser now faces criminal contempt charges. The Washington Post also reported that Mr Trump might also waive executive privilege to his former adviser but is yet to send a letter to the committee.
Last week, Mr Bannon’s attorney asked that the contempt charges be removed because he might testify to the committee.
Similarly, former White House counsel Pat Cipollone testified before the select committee on Friday in a lengthy appearance. Ms Lofgren told CNN that Mr Cipollone’s testimony did not contradict that of previous witnesses such as former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson.
“He was candid with the committee, he was careful in his answers,” she said. “And I think we did learn a few things, which we will be rolling out in the hearings to come.“
