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That signaled a new phase in the investigation by the House
select committee, which to date has held only three public
sessions in its investigation of the attack on the Capitol by
mobs of supporters of former President Donald Trump.
One was a hearing at which police officers described being
beaten, taunted with racial insults and threatened during the
attack, and the two others were business meetings to vote on
contempt of Congress resolutions against Trump adviser Steven
Bannon and former Department of Justice official Jeffrey Clark.
"We are making rapid progress. We anticipate next year, we will
be conducting multiple weeks of public hearings, setting out for
the American people in vivid color exactly what happened, every
minute of the day on January 6th, here at the Capitol and at the
White House, and what led to that violent attack," Cheney said
at a House Rules Committee hearing on Thursday.
The Rules Committee was to have voted on the contempt effort
against Clark on Thursday, but delayed its action because he
invoked his privilege against self-incrimination under the U.S.
Constitution's Fifth Amendment on Wednesday and agreed to come
before the Select committee on Saturday.
Democrat Bennie Thompson, chairman of the committee, said that
the overwhelming majority of witnesses are cooperating with the
panel, and that 250 people have testified behind closed doors.
(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle)
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