Schiff previews up coming Jan. 6 hearing: Assembling the 'mob'

Daniel Chaitin

July 03, 03:39 PM July 03, 03:52 PM

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) previewed the up coming Jan. 6 committee listening to, declaring it will concentrate on correct-wing teams at the Capitol riot.

The congressman shared the information on Sunday all through an visual appeal on CBS News's Face the Nation, location the phase for the next month of the panel's summer season listening to slate.

"Our extremely upcoming listening to will be centered on the initiatives to assemble that mob on the Mall, who was collaborating, who was funding it, how it was arranged, like the participation of these white nationalist groups like the Happy Boys, the Three Percenters, and other individuals," Schiff told anchor Margaret Brennan.

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"And so we will be presenting information we have. We have not answered all the issues that we have. We continue on our investigation into precisely the issue you are describing," he additional.

The panel held 6 hearings past month, and additional are envisioned right after Independence Day in July.

Schiff was responding to a problem from Brennan, who cited an job interview she had just performed with Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who warned about the menace of "domestic violent extremism" in light-weight of the latest Supreme Court docket ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.

Brennan observed Cassidy Hutchinson, the previous White Household aide who testified to the Jan. 6 committee about her recollection of listening to about the Oath Keepers and Happy Boys, and asked Schiff if there is corroborating proof to exhibit there was interaction concerning all those teams and the White House.

"I will not want to get too considerably ahead of what we intend to present in our next hearings," Schiff replied.

The Proud Boys describe themselves as a "pro-Western fraternal corporation for guys who refuse to apologize for making the fashionable globe." The Oath Keepers is a loosely arranged group mostly composed of previous legislation enforcement and armed service staff, in accordance to the Justice Section.

Prosecutors have strike associates of the two groups with seditious conspiracy and other fees for their steps bordering the Capitol riot. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), chairman of the Jan. 6 committee, indicated in June that investigators have proof to demonstrate the Very pleased Boys and the Oath Keepers were in make contact with with members of previous President Donald Trump's inner circle.