US representative promises ‘surprising’ new material at Jan 6 hearing
Today’s January 6 House committee is expected to unveil “surprising” new details about the US Capitol attack, and the panel could consider taking action – including votes on next investigative steps.
In her opening remarks, committee co-chair Liz Cheney suggested that Donald Trump will be held responsible for the events surrounding and leading up to the attack on 6 January, 2021, noting that the former president was the “central cause” and that “none of this would have happened without him.”
Earlier this week, the US Capitol Police announced that a “concerning” letter had been sent to the office of panel chair Bennie Thompson. Tests determined there were no dangerous substances in the envelope, but the force made clear it was investigating the letter.
Meanwhile, a judge has ruled that Donald Trump must give a deposition in a defamation lawsuit lodged by columnist E Jean Carroll, who accuses him of raping her in New York’s Bergdorf Goodman store in 1996. Mr Trump denies the allegation.
