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Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., talks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Jan. 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Rep. Bennie Thompson fires staffer over social media post on Trump assassination attempt

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal in New York, Friday, April 19, 2024. (Curtis Means/Pool Photo via AP)

You’re on your own: Dems want to send Trump to prison without Secret Service protection

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Then-Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., pauses as he speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

Former Jan. 6 committee chair confirms probe records sent to prosecutors investigating Trump

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., speaks to an audience of Jackson residents regarding the failing water system in Mississippi's majority-Black capital city, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 at a town hall meeting at New Hope Baptist Church, hosted by the NAACP. The Environmental Protection Agency announced last Thursday that it is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies have discriminated against Jackson by refusing to fund water system improvements in the city of 150,000, where about a quarter of the population lives in poverty. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Fate of House Jan. 6 committee records wrapped in mystery

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks in the Fulton County Government Center Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta. Willis, who charged former President Donald Trump over his efforts to overturn the state's 2020 election says she expects his trial will be underway over Election Day next year and could possibly stretch past the inauguration in 2025. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

House Republicans launch probe into whether Jan. 6 committee colluded with Atlanta prosecutor

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Georgia, listens to a speaker at a press conference, May 4, 2021, in Marietta, Ga. Police have determined a House Republican who led a tour of the U.S. Capitol the day before the Jan. 6 attack was simply showing his constituents around and not suspicious. The tour by Loudermilk had drawn scrutiny from the congressional panel investigating the insurrection. (AP Photo/Ron Harris) **FILE**

House Republican charges J6 Committee failed to preserve records, withheld communication with W.H.

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Sarah Matthews, former White House deputy press secretary, bottom left, and Matt Pottinger, former deputy national security adviser, are sworn in, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

House Jan. 6 Committee to refer criminal charges to Justice Department

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2022. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol announced Tuesday, Sept. 27, that it had postponed a hearing scheduled for Wednesday as a hurricane hurtled toward the Florida coast. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Jan. 6 committee delays final hearing in D.C., cites hurricane threatening Florida

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks before former President Donald Trump at an America First Policy Institute agenda summit at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, July 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

House Jan. 6 committee requests Newt Gingrich appear for voluntary interview

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Members of the U.S. Secret Service Counter Assault Team walk through the Rotunda as they and other federal police forces responded as violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. Top congressional Democrats are demanding that the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general hand over information on deleted Secret Service text messages related to the Jan. 6, 2012 attack on the Capitol, accusing him of using delay tactics to stonewall their investigation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

House Dems up pressure on DHS inspector general to produce missing Secret Service texts

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

White House counsel Pat Cipollone listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, March 29, 2020, in Washington. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection has issued a subpoena to Cipollone. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Pat Cipollone subpoenaed by Jan. 6 committee in wake of Cassidy Hutchinson testimony

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Then-U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks speaks with reporters outside the Alabama Capitol Friday, June 10, 2022, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

House Jan. 6 Committee fails to serve Rep. Mo Brooks, has to reissue subpoena

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., gives opening remarks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its first public hearing to reveal the findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Committee chairman compares defense of Jan. 6 to defense of KKK

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

A video of former President Donald Trump at a rally near the White House on Jan. 6th, is shown as committee members from left to right, Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., look on, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its first public hearing to reveal the findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats use prime-time hearing to blame Trump for Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol

By Susan Ferrechio, Joseph Clark and Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., leads the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection on a vote to pursue contempt charges against former President Donald Trump's White House chief of staff Mark Meadows for not complying with a subpoena, at the Capitol in Washington, Dec. 13, 2021. Former President Donald Trump recently told a mostly white crowd at a rally in Texas that his legal troubles are the fault of Black prosecutors he called racists. Trump repeated his charges of racism to underscore his contention that he couldn’t possibly be treated fairly by Black officials who are leading Trump investigations in New York and Georgia. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)

House Jan. 6 committee bucks DOJ request to hand over transcripts

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times