Jan 6 committee member says Trump attempting to witness tamper is ‘highly improper’
Today will see the eighth of the 6 January committee’s summer hearings in the form of a primetime session one focusing on Mr Trump’s refusal to call off the mob of his supporters as they violently attacked Congress.
The select committee has not confirmed whether this will be its last hearing. The schedule has changed repeatedly since the hearings began earlier in the summer, and the panel’s members say they have received a deluge of new evidence and witnesses as their sessions have continued.
Meanwhile, prosecutors have rested their case against far-right agitator and Trump ally Steve Bannon, who is in court facing a charge of criminal contempt of Congress.
The Department of Justice argues he simply “decided he was above the law” when refusing to comply with a subpoena from the 6 January select committee. The judge overseeing the trial has warned Mr Bannon’s legal team that he does not want to see the case turned into a “political circus”.
Meanwhile, Rudy Giuliani has been ordered by a judge to testify to the grand jury convened in Fulton County, Georgia to hear evidence on Donald Trump’s efforts to throw out Joe Biden’s victory in that state.
