Jan. 6 committee stretches hearings into July

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The Jan. 6 committee's public hearing schedule will now extend into July, chair Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) announced Wednesday. Originally, the panel had been expected to hold six hearings throughout June, with a final report on its findings coming in September, NPR reports.

A fifth hearing is scheduled for Thursday at 3 p.m. ET, but any remaining hearings will now be pushed until Congress reconvenes following a July 4 recess. Thompson also noted that additional hearings are "always a possibility," especially as the committee receives new information — take the recently-subpoenaed documentary footage, for example.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.