Panel probing U.S. Capitol riot plans ‘multiple weeks’ of hearings

By Reuters Posted on December 2, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in Washington

FILE PHOTO: Police release tear gas into a crowd of pro-Trump protesters during clashes at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo

The House of Representatives panel investigating the deadly Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot plans to hold “multiple weeks” of public hearings next year, its vice chairwoman, Republican Representative Liz Cheney, said on Thursday.

That signaled a new phase in the investigation by the House select committee, which to date has held only three public sessions in its investigation of the attack on the Capitol by mobs of supporters of former President Donald Trump.