House committee investigating Capitol riot reviewing thousands of documents

The panel has requested records from the Trump administration.

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack is in the process of reviewing thousands of pages of documents obtained in response to requests made of federal government agencies and 35 social media and communication companies in recent weeks. A spokesperson for the committee said that documents have come in from "nearly all Executive Branch agencies." Last month, the committee sent records requests to eight government agencies, seeking records from the Trump White House and administration related to the riot and efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. It was not immediately clear what documents the committee has in their possession, but sources familiar with what has been obtained so far say the records came from both social media companies and government agencies. The panel sent requests to the National Archives -- which maintains and preserves Trump White House records -- the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, Department of the Interior, the FBI and several intelligence community agencies.