Report, Justice Department requested witness transcripts on January 6th

According to the New York Times, federal prosecutors have asked the House of Representatives committee investigating the 6 January 2021 attack on the Capitol to give transcripts of witness interviews and depositions taken by committee members and staff.

According to a “person with knowledge of the matter,” committee chairman Bennie Thompson has not reached an agreement with Attorney General Merrick Garland or other Justice Department officials about which papers, if any, will be delivered.

However, the department has been in contact with the panel since 20 April, when Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Polite and District of Columbia US Attorney Matthew Graves wrote to the committee’s lead investigator, Tim Heaphy, to warn him that some of the panel’s interviews may have revealed “material pertinent to a criminal investigation we are pursuing,” though they did not specify which interviews they needed access to.

The emails between the department and the select committee suggest that the department is paying more attention to efforts by former President Donald Trump and his friends to reinstall Mr. Trump in the White House for a second term, against the wishes of the American people.

Those efforts culminated in the 6 January riot, the biggest attack on the Capitol since Major General Robert Ross ordered British troops to set fire to it during the War of 1812.

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