House committee on January 6 attack to hold first hearing with law enforcement

Washington — The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will hold its first hearing at the end of July, featuring testimony from Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police officers. The House voted largely along party lines to create the select committee last month, after an effort to impanel an independent, bipartisan commission was torpedoed by Senate Republicans.

Only eight members out of thirteen have been appointed, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi choosing seven Democrats and Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney to serve on the committee. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy can choose the remaining five members, but has not yet done so. Even if McCarthy does not name his appointments in the coming weeks, the hearing scheduled for July 27 could proceed, as the committee will have a quorum of members present. The appointment of Cheney gives a veneer of bipartisanship to the select committee, but the Wyoming Republican has become an outcast in her party. She was ousted from her leadership position in May due to her frequent criticism of former President Donald Trump and her refusal to downplay the January 6 attack.