The court has not disclosed the subject of the hearing.
The announcement surprised many, as the committee had said it would not resume hearings until mid-July. Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, chair of the committee, told reporters last week that the panel needed more time to review the new documentary footage it received from documentary filmmaker Alex Holder, who has never seen images of Trump and his family. . new information from the National Archives and new tips that have come through the panel’s advice line since the hearings began to move forward with their hearings
The committee did not disclose the list of witnesses or the subject, but said it “would present newly obtained evidence and receive witnesses.”
Tuesday’s hearing begins at 1 p.m. ET. It will be the court’s sixth hearing this month.
In its first five hearings, the committee explained how former President Donald Trump knew he had lost the 2020 presidential election, but pressured former Vice President Mike Pence, state officials and the Justice Department to work to keep him in charge anyway. Committee members have previously stated that their last two hearings would focus on the role national extremist groups played in attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6 and fill in the gaps in what Trump was doing as the violence unfolded. to the Chapters.
Holder’s “unprecedented” three-part docuseries on the 2020 election will be released on Discovery Plus, owned by CNN’s parent company, in late summer. The documentary includes unreleased images of the Trump family during the campaign and their reactions to the election result.
This story has been updated with additional news on Monday.