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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

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

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

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

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, April 6, 2022. House investigators said May 12 that they have issued subpoenas to McCarthy and four other GOP lawmakers as part of their probe into the violent Jan. 6 insurrection, an extraordinary step that has little precedent and is certain to further inflame partisan tensions over the 2021 attack. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas McCarthy, four other GOP lawmakers

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro stands before a television interview at the White House, Aug. 3, 2020, in Washington. The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection subpoenaed former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, seeking to question an ally of former President Donald Trump who promoted false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump economic aide Peter Navarro

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

This July 9, 2019 file photo shows a sign outside of the Twitter office building in San Francisco. Twitter users will soon see new warning labels on false and misleading tweets, redesigned to make them more effective and less confusing. The labels, which the company has been testing since July, are an update from those Twitter used for election misinformation before and after the 2020 presidential contest. Those labels drew criticism for not doing enough to keep people from spreading obvious falsehoods. The redesign launching worldwide on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021 is an attempt to make them more useful and easier to notice, among other things. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Jan. 6 committee subpoenas social media companies to turn over documents

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 7, 2019, photo, Fox News host Sean Hannity speaks during a taping of his show, &quot;Hannity,&quot; in New York. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection has requested an interview and information from Hannity. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Jan. 6 committee requests cooperation from Fox News host Sean Hannity

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Rally attendees loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Voters can expect to be bombarded in 2022 with TV campaign ads laden with video of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and Democratic messaging that ties Republicans to the riot. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Thompson calls U.S. Capitol riot a coordinated effort, eyes possible Trump criminal referral

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times