Jan. 6 committee to hold last-minute public hearing Tuesday

WASHINGTON - The Jan. 6 committee will hold a last minute public hearing Tuesday to present new evidence and hear witness testimony, after previously saying it would take a break in mid-July.

The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday at 1 p.m. According to an advisory sent out Monday, the committee sent out Monday. The committee did not identify the witness in an unusual move, as it did for previous hearings.

The announcement came as a surprise to Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. The Jan. 6 panel aides said last week that there would be no other public hearings in June and that the next hearing would take place when Congress returns from its two-week July Fourth recess sometime in mid-July.

Two hearings were originally scheduled for this week, but they were delayed because of the delay, panel members said, to give the committee more time to prepare and because the panel continues to learn more information.

The next couple of hearings will cover the run-up to January 6, the marshaling of the mob that appeared on the mall that day, and the attack on the Capitol, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif, said on Sunday during an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press. The final hearing will cover what the president was doing and more importantly, what he was not doing, as we were being attacked, he said. The president's flagrant dereliction of duty was essentially the same as the Capitol was attacked. The nine-member House select committee has held five hearings this month on themes including President Donald Trump's pressure campaign on his vice president, Mike Pence, Justice Department officials, and state and local officials.