Jan. 6 committee hearings

Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to Mark Meadows when he was White House chief of staff in the Trump administration, is expected to testify Tuesday at the ...

Congressional hearings: The House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol has conducted more than 1,000 interviews over the last year. It’s sharing its findings in a series of hearings starting June 9. Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to Mark Meadows when he was White House chief of staff in the Trump administration, is expected to testify Tuesday at the latest hearing by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Five people died on that day or in the immediate aftermath, and 140 police officers were assaulted. Find the latest here. Tuesday’s hearing, scheduled to start at 1 p.m. Eastern time, will be the committee’s sixth this month.

Cassidy Hutchinson, the Mark Meadows aide who appeared in videotaped testimony before the Jan. 6 committee last week, is the panel's surprise witness today.

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The January 6th Committee made a surprise announcement on Monday that it would be holding a new hearing on Tuesday about President Donald Trump's attempt to ...

Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida even asked for a pardon that started with the “beginning of time,” according to multiple reports. But it’s not a certainty that Hutchinson is the surprise witness. Did Trump kick a puppy while he was trying to overthrow the government? Honestly, it’s a little difficult to imagine what the Committee could have up its sleeve this time. In fact, the Washington Post reports everyone associated with the committee has been so tight-lipped that no one can really know what’s in store for today’s testimony. And if you’re looking for ways to watch live, Gizmodo has got you covered.

A surprise hearing of the Jan. 6 committee with a mystery witness offering new testimony is set. Mike Pence, Pat Cippilone and Ginni Thomas are all guesses.

Among the names tossed around as potential witnesses were those of former White House counsel Pat Cippolone, whom the committee has been calling on to testify under oath, and Alex Holder, who recently turned over to the committee footage from a documentary he was filming during and after the attack. If the chaos of the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol was the opening sequence of the show’s pilot, each subsequent episode has focused on unfolding the layers that contributed to the attack. There’s also the risk of losing control of the tightly crafted narrative that the panel has labored to produce. On one hand, the committee’s planned pause had threatened to sap some of the momentum gained in the weeks of hearings so far. When the Jan. 6 committee wrapped its most recent hearing on Thursday, it was to have been the last time the panel gathered for the month. "You can deduce from that that there will be a lot of significance to the hearing.”