United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack#Public findings

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On May 19, 2021, in the aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack, the House voted to form an independent bicameral commission to investigate the attack, similar to the 9/11 Commission.{{cite web|last1=Zanona|first1=Melanie|last2=Wu|first2=Nicholas|last3=Beavers|first3=Olivia|date=April 19, 2021|title=GOP defections over Jan. 6 commission deliver rebuke to McCarthy|website=Politico|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/19/gop-mccarthy-jan-6-commission-489598|language=en|access-date=December 10, 2022|archive-date=September 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918064357/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/19/gop-mccarthy-jan-6-commission-489598|url-status=live}} The bipartisan Bill passed the House 252–175, with thirty-five Republicans voting in favor. The large number of defections was considered a rebuke of Minority Leader McCarthy, who reversed course and whipped against the proposal, after initially deputizing Rep. John Katko to negotiate for Republicans. The proposal was defeated by a filibuster from Republicans in the Senate.{{cite web|last=Lowell|first=Hugo|date=May 29, 2021|title=How Mitch McConnell killed the US Capitol attack commission|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/29/mitch-mcconnell-us-capitol-attack-commission-senate-republicans|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=August 30, 2021|archive-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108015439/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/may/29/mitch-mcconnell-us-capitol-attack-commission-senate-republicans|url-status=live}} In late May, when it had become apparent that the filibuster would not be overcome, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi indicated that she would appoint a select committee to investigate the events as a fallback option.{{cite web|last=Swanson|first=Ian|date=May 26, 2021|title=GOP gambles with Pelosi in opposing Jan. 6 commission|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/555504-gop-gambles-with-pelosi-with-opposition-to-jan-6-commission|website=The Hill|language=en|access-date=June 26, 2021|archive-date=June 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630115133/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/555504-gop-gambles-with-pelosi-with-opposition-to-jan-6-commission|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Pelosi|first=Nancy|date=June 28, 2021|title=Pelosi Statement on the Introduction of H.Res. 503 Establishing the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol|url=https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/62821|publisher=Office of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|access-date=June 28, 2021|archive-date=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105055412/https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/62821|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Allan|date=June 24, 2021|title=Pelosi announces select committee to investigate Jan. 6 Capitol riot|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/pelosi-announces-select-committee-investigate-jan-6-capitol-riot-n1272252|website=NBC News|language=en|access-date=June 24, 2021|archive-date=August 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813064142/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/pelosi-announces-select-committee-investigate-jan-6-capitol-riot-n1272252|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Herb|first1=Jeremy|last2=Foran|first2=Clare|last3=Nobles|first3=Ryan|last4=Diaz|first4=Daniella|date=June 24, 2021|title=Pelosi announces the House will establish a select committee to investigate Capitol riot|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/24/politics/pelosi-announces-january-6-investigation/index.html|website=CNN|access-date=June 24, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110030757/https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/24/politics/pelosi-announces-january-6-investigation/index.html|url-status=live}}

On June 30, 2021, H.Res.503, "Establishing the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol","[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/503 Resolution Establishing the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (H.Res.503)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928155833/https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-resolution/503 |date=September 28, 2022 }}." Congressional Record 167: 114 (June 30, 2021), pp. H3323–H3324. passed the House 222–190, with all Democratic members and two Republican members, Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney, voting in favor.[https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021197 Resolution Establishing the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol: Roll Vote No. 197] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722030250/https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021197 |date=July 22, 2022 }}." Congressional Record 167: 114 (June 30, 2021), p. H3335. Sixteen Republican members did not vote.{{cite web|last=Segers|first=Grace|date=June 30, 2021|title=House votes to create select committee to investigate January 6 attack|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/january-6-select-committee-house-vote/|website=CBS News|language=en-US|access-date=June 30, 2021|archive-date=July 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703085452/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/january-6-select-committee-house-vote/|url-status=live}} The resolution empowered Pelosi to appoint eight members to the committee, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy could appoint five members "in consultation" with the Speaker.{{cite news|last1=Herb|first1=Jeremy|last2=Raju|first2=Manu|last3=Nobles|first3=Ryan|last4=Grayer|first4=Annie|date=June 30, 2021|title=House votes to create select committee to investigate January 6 insurrection|work=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/30/politics/house-vote-january-6-select-committee/index.html|access-date=July 4, 2021|archive-date=July 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704094447/https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/30/politics/house-vote-january-6-select-committee/index.html|url-status=live}} Pelosi indicated that she would name a Republican as one of her eight appointees.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/january-6-committee-liz-cheney-pelosi-members/|title=Pelosi names members of January 6 select committee, including Liz Cheney|last=Segers|first=Grace|date=July 1, 2021|work=CBS News|access-date=July 4, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110013123/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/january-6-committee-liz-cheney-pelosi-members/|url-status=live}}

On July 1, Pelosi appointed eight members, seven Democrats and one Republican, Liz Cheney (R-WY). Bennie Thompson (D-MS) was appointed committee chairman.{{cite web|last=Freking|first=Kevin|date=July 2, 2021|title=A look at 8 lawmakers appointed to probe Jan. 6 attack|url=https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-government-and-politics-268a3d4fed79bec580beed75b7925e6e|website=AP News|language=en|access-date=July 3, 2021|archive-date=July 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702053820/https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-government-and-politics-268a3d4fed79bec580beed75b7925e6e|url-status=live}}

On July 19, McCarthy announced his five selections, recommending Jim Banks (R-IN) serve as Ranking Member, along with Jim Jordan (R-OH), Rodney Davis (R-IL), Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), and Troy Nehls (R-TX).{{cite web|last1=Beavers|first1=Olivia|last2=Caygle|first2=Heather|date=July 19, 2021|title=McCarthy makes his 5 GOP picks for Jan. 6 select committee|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/19/mccarthy-zeroes-in-on-five-gop-members-for-jan-6-select-committee-500201|website=Politico|language=en|access-date=July 19, 2021|archive-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104171328/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/19/mccarthy-zeroes-in-on-five-gop-members-for-jan-6-select-committee-500201|url-status=live}} Banks, Jordan, and Nehls had voted to overturn the Electoral College results in Arizona and Pennsylvania. Banks and Jordan had also signed onto the Supreme Court case Texas v. Pennsylvania to invalidate the ballots of voters in four states.{{cite news|last1=Grayer|first1=Annie|last2=Zanona|first2=Melanie|date=July 20, 2021|title=Jim Jordan among 5 House Republicans selected by McCarthy for January 6 select committee|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/19/politics/house-republicans-chosen-for-january-6-committee/index.html|website=CNN|access-date=July 21, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110054043/https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/19/politics/house-republicans-chosen-for-january-6-committee/index.html|url-status=live}}

On July 21, Thompson announced that he would investigate Trump as part of the inquiry into the Capitol attack.{{cite web|last=Lowell|first=Hugo|date=July 21, 2021|title=Capitol attack committee chair vows to investigate Trump: 'Nothing is off limits'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/21/capitol-attack-committee-chair-bennie-thompson|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=August 30, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021000850/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/21/capitol-attack-committee-chair-bennie-thompson|url-status=live}} Hours later, Pelosi announced that she had informed McCarthy that she was rejecting Jordan and Banks, citing concerns for the investigation's integrity and relevant actions and statements made by the two members. She approved the recommendations of the other three.{{cite web|last=Pelosi|first=Nancy|date=July 21, 2021|title=Pelosi Statement on Republican Recommendations to Serve on the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol|url=https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/72121-2|publisher=Office of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|access-date=July 21, 2021|archive-date=November 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211103161840/https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/72121-2|url-status=dead}} Rather than suggesting two replacements, McCarthy insisted he would not appoint anyone unless all five of his choices were approved.{{cite news|last1=Grayer|first1=Annie|last2=Herb|first2=Jeremy|date=July 21, 2021|title=McCarthy pulls his 5 GOP members from 1/6 committee after Pelosi rejects 2 of his picks|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/21/politics/nancy-pelosi-rejects-republicans-from-committee/index.html|website=CNN|access-date=July 21, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110021608/https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/21/politics/nancy-pelosi-rejects-republicans-from-committee/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Lowell|first=Hugo|date=July 21, 2021|title=McCarthy pulls five Republicans from Capitol attack panel after Pelosi rejects two|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/21/nancy-pelosi-capitol-attack-committee-republicans|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=August 30, 2021|archive-date=October 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006171505/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/21/nancy-pelosi-capitol-attack-committee-republicans|url-status=live}} When McCarthy pulled all of his picks, he eliminated all Trump defenders on the committee and cleared the field for Pelosi to control the committee's entire makeup and workings. This was widely interpreted as a costly political miscalculation by McCarthy.{{Cite web |last=Cillizza |first=Chris |date=2022-02-01 |title=The massive miscalculation Republicans made on the 1/6 committee |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/01/politics/republicans-january-6-committee-miscalculations/index.html |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=CNN Politics |language=en |archive-date=January 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120004301/https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/01/politics/republicans-january-6-committee-miscalculations/index.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Ja'han |date=11 January 2023 |title=Kevin McCarthy made a major mistake in 2021. House Dems won't repeat it. |url=https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/kevin-mccarthy-jan-6-committee-democrats-rcna65343 |access-date=2023-01-20 |website=MSNBC.com |language=en |archive-date=January 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120004302/https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/kevin-mccarthy-jan-6-committee-democrats-rcna65343 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Broadwater |first=Luke |date=2022-06-23 |title=A Year Later, Some Republicans Second-Guess Boycotting the Jan. 6 Panel |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/us/politics/jan-6-committee-republicans.html |access-date=2023-01-20 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120004302/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/22/us/politics/jan-6-committee-republicans.html |url-status=live }}

On July 25, after McCarthy rescinded all of his selections, Pelosi announced that she had appointed Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), one of the ten House Republicans who voted for Trump's second impeachment, to the committee.{{cite web|last=Guilford|first=Gwynn|date=July 25, 2021|title=Rep. Adam Kinzinger Named to Jan. 6 Committee|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/rep-kinzinger-named-to-jan-6-committee-11627244860|url-access=limited|website=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=August 24, 2021|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102063903/https://www.wsj.com/articles/rep-kinzinger-named-to-jan-6-committee-11627244860|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Pelosi|first=Nancy|date=July 21, 2021|title=Pelosi Announces Appointment of Congressman Adam Kinzinger to Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol|url=https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/72521|publisher=Office of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|access-date=July 25, 2021|archive-date=October 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020084418/https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/72521|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last1=Zanona|first1=Melanie|last2=Raju|first2=Manu|date=July 22, 2021|title=Pelosi looks to bolster bipartisan standing of 1/6 panel with potential addition of GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/politics/adam-kinzinger-select-committee/index.html|website=CNN|language=en|access-date=July 23, 2021|archive-date=November 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113213756/https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/politics/adam-kinzinger-select-committee/index.html|url-status=live}} Pelosi also hired a Republican, former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA), as an outside committee staffer or advisor.{{cite news|last=Amy B.|first=Wang|date=August 7, 2021|title=Jan. 6 committee hires former GOP congressman Denver Riggleman as senior staff member|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/07/jan-6-committee-hires-former-gop-rep-denver-riggleman-senior-staff-member/|issn=0190-8286|access-date=August 7, 2021|archive-date=October 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013102441/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/07/jan-6-committee-hires-former-gop-rep-denver-riggleman-senior-staff-member/|url-status=live}} Cheney voiced her support and pushed for the involvement of both.

On February 4, 2022, the Republican National Committee voted to censure Cheney and Kinzinger, which it had never before done to any sitting congressional Republican. The resolution formally dropped "all support of them as members of the Republican Party", arguing that their work on the select committee was hurting Republican prospects in the midterm elections.{{cite web|last=Visser|first=Nick|date=February 4, 2022|title=RNC Poised To Censure Cheney, Kinzinger And Pull 'Any And All Support' Over Jan. 6 Panel|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rnc-censure-kinzinger-cheney_n_61fcb0b6e4b09170e9ce8cb8|website=HuffPost|language=en|access-date=February 4, 2022|archive-date=February 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205114021/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rnc-censure-kinzinger-cheney_n_61fcb0b6e4b09170e9ce8cb8|url-status=live}} Kinzinger had already announced on October 29, 2021, that he would not run for reelection.{{Cite news |last=Naylor |first=Brian |date=October 29, 2021 |title=GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who voted to impeach Trump, won't run for reelection |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/10/29/1050454729/gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-who-voted-to-impeach-trump-wont-run-for-reelection |access-date=June 16, 2022 |archive-date=June 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616204532/https://www.npr.org/2021/10/29/1050454729/gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-who-voted-to-impeach-trump-wont-run-for-reelection |url-status=live }} Cheney lost the primary for her reelection on August 16, 2022.{{Cite web |last=Vakil |first=Caroline |date=August 17, 2022 |title=Cheney strikes defiant tone in concession speech: 'Now the real work begins' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3604741-cheney-strikes-defiant-tone-in-concession-speech-now-the-real-work-begins/ |website=The Hill |language=en-US |access-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817170919/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3604741-cheney-strikes-defiant-tone-in-concession-speech-now-the-real-work-begins/ |url-status=live }}

The committee's chair was Bennie Thompson, and the vice chair was Liz Cheney. Seven Democrats and two Republicans sat on the committee.

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In July 2021, Thompson announced the senior staff:{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Bennie|date=July 22, 2021|title=Thompson Announces Senior Staff for Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol|website=Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol|url=https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases/thompson-announces-senior-staff-select-committee-investigate-january-6th-attack|access-date=July 27, 2021|archive-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108205906/https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases/thompson-announces-senior-staff-select-committee-investigate-january-6th-attack|url-status=live}}

• David Buckley as staff director. Served as CIA inspector general and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence minority staff director.
• Kristin Amerling as deputy staff director and chief counsel. Served as deputy general counsel at the Transportation Department and chief counsel of multiple congressional committees, including Committees on Energy and Commerce and Oversight and Government Reform. She also served as Chief Investigative Counsel and Director of Oversight for the Senate's Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.
• Hope Goins as counsel to Chairman Thompson. Served as top advisor to Thompson on homeland security and national security matters.
• Candyce Phoenix as senior counsel and senior advisor. Serves as staff director of the House Oversight Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
• Tim Mulvey as communications director. Served as communications director for the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

In August 2021, Thompson announced additional staff:{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Bennie|date=August 6, 2021|title=Thompson Announces Additional Select Committee Senior Staff Members|website=Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol|url=https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases/thompson-announces-additional-select-committee-senior-staff-members|access-date=September 26, 2022|archive-date=September 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920004749/https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases/thompson-announces-additional-select-committee-senior-staff-members|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/07/jan-6-committee-hires-former-gop-rep-denver-riggleman-senior-staff-member/ |title=Jan. 6 committee hires former GOP congressman Denver Riggleman as senior staff member |last=Wang |first=Amy B |date=August 7, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409 |access-date=August 7, 2021 |archive-date=October 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013102441/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/07/jan-6-committee-hires-former-gop-rep-denver-riggleman-senior-staff-member/ |url-status=live }}

• Denver Riggleman, senior technical adviser for the January 6 Committee. He previously served as a Republican U.S. Representative from Virginia and was an ex-military intelligence officer.
• Riggleman left the committee in April 2022.{{Cite web |last=Papenfuss |first=Mary |date=September 23, 2022 |title=White House Patched Through Call To Jan. 6 Rioter During Violence, Tech Expert Says |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/denver-riggleman-white-house-phone-call-jan-6-rioter-house-committee-60-minutes_n_632e6d5fe4b01804e08e4812 |access-date=2022-09-24 |website=HuffPost |language=en |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926153621/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/denver-riggleman-white-house-phone-call-jan-6-rioter-house-committee-60-minutes_n_632e6d5fe4b01804e08e4812 |url-status=live }}
• Joe Maher as principal deputy general counsel from the Department of Homeland Security.
• Timothy J. Heaphy was appointed as the committee's chief investigative counsel.{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Bennie|date=August 12, 2021|title=Thompson Announces Chief Investigative Counsel for Select Committee|website=Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol|url=https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases/thompson-announces-chief-investigative-counsel-select-committee|access-date=September 26, 2022|archive-date=September 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927141742/https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases/thompson-announces-chief-investigative-counsel-select-committee|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Cain|first=Andrew|date=August 12, 2021|title=Heaphy to serve as chief investigative counsel for committee probing Jan. 6 attack on U.S. Capitol|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|url=https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/heaphy-to-serve-as-chief-investigative-counsel-for-committee-probing-jan-6-attack-on-u/article_8fc66ac0-cc4d-5ccd-a2d9-74a09b2ed133.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813101625/https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/heaphy-to-serve-as-chief-investigative-counsel-for-committee-probing-jan-6-attack-on-u/article_8fc66ac0-cc4d-5ccd-a2d9-74a09b2ed133.html|archive-date=August 13, 2021}}

In November 2022, Thompson disclosed the existence of a subcommittee to handle "outstanding issues" including unanswered subpoenas and whether to send transcripts of interviews to the DOJ. The subcommittee had been established about one month earlier with Raskin as chair, along with Cheney, Lofgren, and Schiff. Thompson said he selected them because "they're all lawyers".{{cite web |last=Solender |first=Andrew |date=November 17, 2022 |title=The Jan. 6 committee has a clean-up crew |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/11/17/the-jan-6-committee-has-a-clean-up-crew |website=Axios |access-date=November 18, 2022 |archive-date=November 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118213554/https://www.axios.com/2022/11/17/the-jan-6-committee-has-a-clean-up-crew |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Warburton |first1=Moira |date=November 17, 2022 |title=House probe of Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot releasing report next month |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/house-probe-jan-6-us-capitol-riot-releasing-report-next-month-2022-11-17/ |access-date=November 18, 2022 |archive-date=November 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118213553/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/house-probe-jan-6-us-capitol-riot-releasing-report-next-month-2022-11-17/ |url-status=live }}

On January 20, 2025, hours before President Biden left office, he gave a preemptive pardon to all committee members and staffers, given President-elect Trump's threats against them, as well as to the four police officers who testified.{{Cite web |last=Shabad |first=Rebecca |date=2025-01-20 |title=Biden issues pre-emptive pardons for Jan. 6 committee and witnesses, as well as Anthony Fauci and Mark Milley |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-issues-preemptive-pardons-milley-fauci-jan-6-panel-members-polic-rcna188368 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=January 23, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123055957/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-issues-preemptive-pardons-milley-fauci-jan-6-panel-members-polic-rcna188368 |url-status=live }}

The investigation commenced with a public hearing on July 27, 2021, at which four police officers testified. As of the end of 2021, it had interviewed more than 300 witnesses and obtained more than 35,000 documents,{{Cite news |last=Broadwater |first=Luke |date=January 3, 2022 |title=The Jan. 6 Committee's Consideration of a Criminal Referral, Explained |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/us/politics/capitol-riot-january-6.html |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107033345/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/03/us/politics/capitol-riot-january-6.html |url-status=live }} and those totals continued to rise. By May 2022, it had interviewed over 1,000 witnesses;{{Cite news |last1=Alemany |first1=Jacqueline |last2=Dawsey |first2=Josh |date=May 17, 2022 |title=Inside the Jan. 6 committee, key questions remain as hearings loom |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/17/inside-jan-6-committee-key-questions-remain-hearings-loom/ |access-date=May 22, 2022 |archive-date=May 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517191834/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/17/inside-jan-6-committee-key-questions-remain-hearings-loom/ |url-status=live }} some of those interviews were recorded.{{Cite news |last=Alemany |first=Jacqueline |date=June 2, 2022 |title=The latest: House committee investigating Jan. 6 attack announces first public hearing |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/02/house-judiciary-emergency-gun-legislation/ |access-date=June 2, 2022 |archive-date=June 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604130446/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/02/house-judiciary-emergency-gun-legislation/ |url-status=live }} By October 2022, it had obtained over 1,000,000 documents and reviewed hundreds of hours of videos (such as security camera and documentary footage).{{cite web |last=Wire |first=Sarah D. |date=October 15, 2022 |title=Will Trump comply with Jan. 6 committee subpoena? What's next after Thursday's hearing |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-10-15/whats-next-after-thursdays-jan-6-committee-hearing |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-date=October 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024213152/https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2022-10-15/whats-next-after-thursdays-jan-6-committee-hearing |url-status=live }} During the pendency of the investigation, the select committee publicly communicated some of its information.

The select committee split its multi-pronged investigation into multiple color-coded teams,{{cite web|last1=Goodman|first1=Ryan|last2=Hendrix|first2=Justin|url=https://www.justsecurity.org/81729/covering-the-january-6th-select-committee-a-primer/|title=Primer on the Hearings of the January 6th Select Committee|website=Just Security|date=June 2, 2022|access-date=September 27, 2022|archive-date=September 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928091613/https://www.justsecurity.org/81729/covering-the-january-6th-select-committee-a-primer/|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Broadwater |first1=Luke |last2=Feuer |first2=Alan |date=January 4, 2022 |title=In the Capitol's Shadow, the Jan. 6 Panel Quietly Ramps Up Its Inquiry |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/us/politics/capitol-riot-panel.html |access-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-date=July 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715141202/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/us/politics/capitol-riot-panel.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Lowell |first=Hugo |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/08/capitol-attack-january-6-proud-boys-oath-keepers |title=Capitol attack investigators zero in on far-right Oath Keepers and Proud Boys |work=The Guardian |date=April 8, 2022 |access-date=April 8, 2022 |archive-date=April 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408182235/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/08/capitol-attack-january-6-proud-boys-oath-keepers |url-status=live }} each focusing on a specific topic like funding, individuals' motivations, organizational coalitions, and how Trump may have pressured other politicians.{{cite news |last1=Polantz |first1=Katelyn |last2=Mallonee |first2=Mary Kay |date=December 25, 2021 |title=January 6 committee ramps up efforts to uncover funding behind Capitol riot |website=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/24/politics/taylor-budowich-trump-spokesman-jan-6-committee/index.html |access-date=December 27, 2021 |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226050358/https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/24/politics/taylor-budowich-trump-spokesman-jan-6-committee/index.html |url-status=live }} These were:

• Green Team investigated the money trail to determine whether Trump and Republican allies, knowing they were spreading false claims and misinformation about the 2020 presidential election, defrauded their own supporters.
• Gold Team investigated whether members of Congress participated or assisted in Trump's attempted to overturn the election. They also examined Trump's pressure campaign on local and state officials and on executive departments — like the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, and others — to try to keep himself in power.
• Purple Team investigated the involvement of domestic violent extremist groups — such as the QAnon movement, militia groups, Oath Keepers, and Proud Boys — and how they used social media including Facebook, Gab, and Discord.{{Cite news |last1=Zakrzewski |first1=Cat |last2=Lima |first2=Cristiano |last3=Harwell |first3=Drew |date=17 January 2023 |title=What the Jan. 6 probe found out about social media, but didn't report |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/17/jan6-committee-report-social-media/ |access-date=17 January 2023 |archive-date=August 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803233327/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/17/jan6-committee-report-social-media/ |url-status=live }}
• Red Team investigated the planners of the January 6th rally and other "Stop the Steal" organizers and whether they knew the rally participants intended violence.
• Blue Team researched the threats leading up to the attack and how law enforcement shared intelligence and prepared (or didn't).{{cite web|last=Dahl|first=Erik|url=https://www.justsecurity.org/83245/lessons-learned-from-the-january-6th-intelligence-failures/|title=Lessons Learned from the January 6th Intelligence Failures|website=Just Security|date=September 26, 2022|access-date=September 26, 2022|archive-date=September 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926125521/https://www.justsecurity.org/83245/lessons-learned-from-the-january-6th-intelligence-failures/|url-status=live}} Blue Team had access to thousands of documents from more than a dozen agencies.{{cite web|last1=Wild|first1=Whitney|last2=Grayer|first2=Annie|last3=Zanona|first3=Melanie|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics/security-failures-january-6-committee-blue-team/index.html|title=January 6 committee probes security failures as GOP counter-investigation looms|website=CNN|date=March 23, 2022|access-date=September 26, 2022|archive-date=May 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220515112818/https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/23/politics/security-failures-january-6-committee-blue-team/index.html|url-status=live}}

The select committee's investigation and its findings were multi-faceted.

A reform of election certification procedures (as governed by the Electoral Count Act of 1887) was passed in the December 2022 omnibus spending bill.{{Cite news |last=Parks |first=Miles |date=23 December 2022 |title=Congress passes election reform designed to ward off another Jan. 6 |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/12/22/1139951463/electoral-count-act-reform-passes |access-date=17 January 2023 |archive-date=June 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630093134/https://www.npr.org/2022/12/22/1139951463/electoral-count-act-reform-passes |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Sargent |first=Greg |date=December 20, 2022 |title=The GOP is quietly 'Trump-proofing' our system behind his back |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://wapo.st/3v6u5mt}} Committee members had begun collaborating on this reform in 2021.{{cite news |last1=Herb |first1=Jeremy |last2=Brown |first2=Pamela |date=October 30, 2021 |title=House select committee targets 134-year-old law in effort to prevent another January 6 |website=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/30/politics/electoral-count-act-january-6-house-select-committee/index.html |access-date=December 19, 2021 |archive-date=November 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129032441/https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/30/politics/electoral-count-act-january-6-house-select-committee/index.html |url-status=live }}

The select committee's findings may also be used in arguments to hold individuals, notably Donald Trump, legally accountable.

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The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) probed the months-long efforts to falsely declare that the election was rigged, including pressure on the DOJ, the fake-electors scheme, and the events of January 6 itself.{{cite news |last1=Leonnig |first1=Carol |last2=Barrett |first2=Devlin |last3=Dawsey |first3=Josh |last4=Hsu |first4=Spencer |date=July 26, 2022 |title=Justice Dept. investigating Trump's actions in Jan. 6 criminal probe |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/26/trump-justice-investigation-january-6/ |access-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-date=August 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804133342/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/26/trump-justice-investigation-january-6/ |url-status=live }}

While the investigations by the House select committee and the Justice Department were ongoing, the judicial branch made related observations and rulings. In March 2022, federal judge David Carter said it was "more likely than not" that Trump engaged in a conspiracy with John Eastman to commit federal crimes. He described their attempt as "a coup in search of a legal theory".{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=David |author-link=David O. Carter |date=2022-03-28 |title=Order RE Privilege of Jan. 4-7, 2021 Documents |url=https://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/Dkt%20260%2C%20Order%20RE%20Privilege%20of%20Jan.%204-7%2C%202021%20Documents_0.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515082717/https://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/Dkt%20260%2C%20Order%20RE%20Privilege%20of%20Jan.%204-7%2C%202021%20Documents_0.pdf |archive-date=2024-05-15 |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=uscourts.gov}}{{Rp|pages=36, 44}}{{cite news|last1=Broadwater|first1=Luke|last2=Feuer|first2=Alan|last3=Haberman|first3=Maggie|date=March 28, 2022|title=Federal Judge Finds Trump Most Likely Committed Crimes Over 2020 Election|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/28/us/politics/trump-election-crimes.html|access-date=April 10, 2022|archive-date=April 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410193009/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/28/us/politics/trump-election-crimes.html|url-status=live}}

On November 18, 2022, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of John L. "Jack" Smith as the Special Counsel to oversee the DOJ's ongoing investigations into the FBI investigation into Donald Trump's handling of government documents as well the January 6 investigation.{{cite web | url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/appointment-special-counsel-0 | title=Appointment of a Special Counsel | date=November 18, 2022 | website=Office of the Attorney General | access-date=November 18, 2022 | archive-date=December 7, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207190851/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/appointment-special-counsel-0 | url-status=live }} Garland praised Smith's experience and said: "I am confident that this appointment will not slow the completion of these investigations." Smith promised to investigate "independently and in the best traditions of the Department of Justice ... to whatever outcome the facts and the law dictate."{{cite web | url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith | title=Statement of Special Counsel Jack Smith | date=November 18, 2022 | last=Smith | first=Jack | website=Office of the Attorney General | access-date=November 18, 2022 | archive-date=November 18, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118222247/https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/statement-special-counsel-jack-smith | url-status=live }}

The House select committee shared some information with the DOJ, but it waited until it had finished its work in December 2022 before turning over everything.{{Cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Zachary |last2=Perez |first2=Evan |last3=Murray |first3=Sara |last4=Grayer |first4=Annie |date=2022-12-21 |title=House January 6 committee handing over investigative materials to DOJ |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/20/politics/january-6-committee-justice-department-handoff/index.html |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=February 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201005032/https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/20/politics/january-6-committee-justice-department-handoff/index.html |url-status=live }} The DOJ had sent a letter on April 20, 2022, asking for transcripts of past and future interviews. Thompson, the committee chair, told reporters he did not intend to give the DOJ "full access to our product" especially when "we haven't completed our own work". Instead, the select committee negotiated for a partial information exchange. On June 15, the DOJ repeated its request. They gave an example of a problem they had encountered: The trial of the five Proud Boys indicted for seditious conspiracy had been rescheduled for the end of 2022 because the prosecutors and the defendants' counsel did not want to start the trial without the relevant interview transcripts.[https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22061890-show_temp United States' Consent to Continue Trial] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623060103/https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22061890-show_temp |date=June 23, 2022 }}, United States v. Nordean (D.D.C. June 16, 2022) (No. 21-cr-175). On July 12, 2022, the committee announced it was negotiating with the DOJ about the procedure for information-sharing and that the committee had "started producing information" related to the DOJ's request for transcripts.{{cite news |last=Grayer |first=Annie |date=July 12, 2022 |title=Jan. 6 committee chairman says panel has 'started producing information' for DOJ |website=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/12/politics/january-6-committee-transcripts-doj-request-thompson/index.html |access-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-date=July 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721055234/https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/12/politics/january-6-committee-transcripts-doj-request-thompson/index.html |url-status=live }}

On December 19, 2022, the House select committee publicly voted to recommend that the DOJ bring criminal charges against Trump{{Citation |title=12/19/22 Business Meeting (YouTube) | date=December 19, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5olnF549kNE |language=en |access-date=2022-12-19 |archive-date=December 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219194201/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5olnF549kNE |url-status=live }} (a long-anticipated move){{cite news |last1=Hamburger |first1=Tom |last2=Alemany |first2=Jacqueline |last3=Dawsey |first3=Josh |last4=Zapotosky |first4=Matt |date=December 23, 2021 |title=Thompson says Jan. 6 committee focused on Trump's hours of silence during attack, weighing criminal referrals |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/january-6-thompson-trump/2021/12/23/36318a92-6384-11ec-a7e8-3a8455b71fad_story.html |access-date=December 24, 2021 |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224183231/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/january-6-thompson-trump/2021/12/23/36318a92-6384-11ec-a7e8-3a8455b71fad_story.html |url-status=live }} as well as against John Eastman. Some critics had argued against making criminal referrals, as such a recommendation by a congressional committee has no legal force{{cite web |last=Garcia |first=Katherine |date=December 20, 2021 |title=Report: Jan. 6 committee considering possibility of criminal referrals |url=https://theweek.com/politics/1008287/report-jan-6-committee-considering-possibility-of-criminal-referrals |website=The Week |language=en |access-date=December 30, 2021 |archive-date=December 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231081947/https://theweek.com/politics/1008287/report-jan-6-committee-considering-possibility-of-criminal-referrals |url-status=live }} and could appear to politically taint the DOJ's investigation.{{cite news|last1=Feuer|first1=Alan|last2=Benner|first2=Katie|last3=Haberman|first3=Maggie|date=March 30, 2022|title=Justice Dept. Widens Jan. 6 Inquiry to Range of Pro-Trump Figures|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/us/politics/justice-dept-widens-jan-6-inquiry.html|access-date=April 10, 2022|archive-date=April 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404062953/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/us/politics/justice-dept-widens-jan-6-inquiry.html|url-status=live}} However, a committee spokesperson had said on December 6 that criminal referrals would be "a final part" of the committee's investigative work.{{cite news |last1=Schmidt |first1=Michael S. |last2=Broadwater |first2=Luke |last3=Berzon |first3=Alexandra |date=December 6, 2022 |title=House Jan. 6 Committee Signals It Will Issue Criminal Referrals |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/us/politics/jan-6-committee-doj-criminal-referrals.html |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=December 6, 2022 |archive-date=May 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510190712/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/06/us/politics/jan-6-committee-doj-criminal-referrals.html |url-status=live }} Schiff acknowledged on December 11 that any referral would be "symbolic" but was nevertheless "important"{{cite web |last=Vlachou |first=Marita |date=December 12, 2022 |title=Adam Schiff Says Jan. 6 Panel Has 'Evidence Of Criminality' As It Weighs DOJ Referrals |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adam-schiff-jan-6-panel-criminal-referrals-doj_n_6396fb7ce4b0c2814644f51c |website=HuffPost |language=en |access-date=December 12, 2022 |archive-date=December 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212192200/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adam-schiff-jan-6-panel-criminal-referrals-doj_n_6396fb7ce4b0c2814644f51c |url-status=live }} — he had said in September that he hoped the committee would unanimously refer Trump to the DOJ{{cite web |last1=Diaz |first1=Daniella |last2=Cole |first2=Devan |date=September 25, 2022 |title=Schiff says any criminal referral for Trump by the January 6 committee should be decided unanimously |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/25/politics/adam-schiff-trump-january-6-cnntv/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-date=September 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926215011/https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/25/politics/adam-schiff-trump-january-6-cnntv/index.html |url-status=live }} — while Representative Raskin said on December 13, "Everybody has made his or her own bed in terms of their conduct or misconduct."{{cite web |last1=Cheney |first1=Kyle |last2=Wu |first2=Nicholas |date=December 13, 2022 |title=Breaking down the Jan. 6 committee's possible referrals — criminal and beyond |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/13/jan-6-committee-referrals-donald-trump-00073776 |website=Politico |language=en |access-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221216124735/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/13/jan-6-committee-referrals-donald-trump-00073776 |url-status=live }}

On August 1, 2023, a grand jury indicted Trump on four counts. The prosecution continued until Trump won the 2024 presidential election. On November 25, 2024, special counsel Jack Smith filed to drop the charges against Trump,{{Cite web | last=Reid | first=Paula | last2=Sneed | first2=Tierney | last3=Cole | first3=Devan | date=2024-11-25 | title=Special counsel Jack Smith drops election subversion and classified documents cases against Donald Trump {{!}} CNN Politics | url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/25/politics/trump-special-counsel-jack-smith/index.html | access-date=2024-11-25 | website=CNN | language=en | archive-date=November 25, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241125192033/https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/25/politics/trump-special-counsel-jack-smith/index.html | url-status=live }} and Judge Chutkan approved the request and dismissed the case.{{Cite web | last=Singman | first=Brooke | last2=Margolis | first2=Andrea | last3=Spunt | first3=David |date=2024-11-25 |title=Judge grants Jack Smith's request to dismiss Jan. 6 charges, appeal in classified records case against Trump |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-grants-jack-smiths-request-dismiss-jan-6-charges-appeal-classified-records-case-against-trump |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}} Smith resigned his role of special counsel in January 2025 before Trump's inauguration.

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In September 2021, the select committee subpoenaed former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. Meadows initially cooperated, but in December, without providing all requested documents, he sued to block the two congressional subpoenas. On December 14, 2021, the full House voted to hold Meadows in contempt of Congress. In a July 15, 2022 amicus brief[https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.238273/gov.uscourts.dcd.238273.42.0_2.pdf Statement of Interest of the United States] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716021700/https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.238273/gov.uscourts.dcd.238273.42.0_2.pdf |date=July 16, 2022 }}, Meadows v. Pelosi et al. (D.D.C. July 15, 2022) (No. 21-cv-3217). filed at the request of U.S. District Court Judge Carl J. Nichols,[https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/61603539/meadows-v-pelosi/ Minute Order] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719205516/https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/61603539/meadows-v-pelosi/ |date=July 19, 2022 }}, Meadows v. Pelosi et al. (June 23, 2022) (No. 21-cv-3217). the DOJ acknowledged that the House subpoena had been justified and that Meadows had only "qualified" immunity given that Trump was no longer in office.{{cite web |last1=Gerstein |first1=Josh |last2=Cheney |first2=Kyle |date=July 15, 2022 |title=Justice Dept. backs House over Jan. 6 subpoena to Meadows |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/15/justice-dept-jan-6-subpoena-meadows-00046193 |website=Politico |language=en |access-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719205517/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/15/justice-dept-jan-6-subpoena-meadows-00046193 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Vlamis |first1=Kelsey |date=July 15, 2022 |title=DOJ Supports January 6 Committee Subpoena of Mark Meadows |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/doj-supports-january-6-committee-subpoena-of-mark-meadows-2022-7 |website=Business Insider |access-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-date=July 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719063001/https://www.businessinsider.com/doj-supports-january-6-committee-subpoena-of-mark-meadows-2022-7 |url-status=live }} On October 31, 2022, the judge ruled that the congressional subpoenas were "protected legislative acts" that were "legitimately tied to Congress's legislative functions".

Although the congressional subpoenas were valid, DOJ decided not to criminally charge him for defying them.{{cite web |last1=Gerstein |first1=Josh |last2=Cheney |first2=Kyle |last3=Wu |first3=Nicholas |date=June 3, 2022 |title=DOJ declines to charge Meadows, Scavino with contempt of Congress for defying Jan. 6 committee |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/03/doj-declines-to-charge-meadows-scavino-with-contempt-of-congress-for-defying-jan-6-committee-00037230 |website=Politico |access-date=July 29, 2022 |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809073540/http://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/03/doj-declines-to-charge-meadows-scavino-with-contempt-of-congress-for-defying-jan-6-committee-00037230 |url-status=live }} In 2022, Meadows did comply with a DOJ subpoena in the DOJ investigation of January 6.{{Cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Pamela |last2=Perez |first2=Evan |last3=Herb |first3=Jeremy |last4=Holmes |first4=Kristen |date=September 15, 2022 |title=Exclusive: Mark Meadows complied with DOJ subpoena in January 6 probe |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/politics/mark-meadows-subpoena-justice-department-january-6/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=September 15, 2022 |archive-date=September 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924161318/https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/politics/mark-meadows-subpoena-justice-department-january-6/index.html |url-status=live }} In 2023, he was indicted in Georgia for his alleged role in election interference in that state.{{Cite news |last=Solender |first=Andrew |date=August 17, 2023 |title=Jan. 6 committee finds second life in Trump criminal cases |work=Axios |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/08/17/trump-indictment-updates-news-jan-6-committee |access-date=August 18, 2023 |archive-date=August 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818144151/https://www.axios.com/2023/08/17/trump-indictment-updates-news-jan-6-committee |url-status=live }}

Meadows had routinely burned documents in his office fireplace after meetings during the transition period; Cassidy Hutchinson testified to the committee that she had seen him do this a dozen times between December 2020 and mid-January 2021.{{Cite web |last1=Sullivan |first1=Kate |last2=Herb |first2=Jeremy |last3=Rabinowitz |first3=Hannah |last4=Cohen |first4=Marshall |last5=Sands |first5=Geneva |last6=Stracqualursi |first6=Veronica |date=2022-12-27 |title=Former Trump White House aide told Jan. 6 panel Mark Meadows burned documents a dozen times during the transition period {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/27/politics/january-6-transcripts-key-findings/index.html |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=December 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228115316/https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/27/politics/january-6-transcripts-key-findings/index.html |url-status=live }}

In late 2021, before Meadows stopped cooperating, he provided thousands of emails and text messages{{cite news |last1=Gangel |first1=Jamie |last2=Cohen |first2=Zachary |date=December 9, 2021 |title=January 6 committee gets Meadows texts, emails with 'wide range' of people while attack was underway |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/09/politics/january-6-committee-mark-meadows-texts/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=December 9, 2021 |archive-date=December 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209205926/https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/09/politics/january-6-committee-mark-meadows-texts/index.html |url-status=live }} that revealed efforts to overturn the election results:

• The day after the election, former Texas governor and former Secretary of Energy Rick Perry sent Meadows a proposed strategy for Republican-controlled state legislatures to choose electors and send them directly to the Supreme Court before their states had determined voting results.{{cite news |last1=Gangel |first1=Jamie |last2=Herb |first2=Jeremy |last3=Stuart |first3=Elizabeth |date=April 25, 2022 |title=CNN Exclusive: Mark Meadows' 2,319 text messages reveal Trump's inner circle communications before and after January 6 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/25/politics/mark-meadows-texts-2319/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=April 25, 2022 |archive-date=April 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426233708/https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/25/politics/mark-meadows-texts-2319/index.html |url-status=live }}
• Fox News host Sean Hannity exchanged text messages with Meadows suggesting that Hannity was aware in advance of Trump's plans for January 6. Hannity texted on December 31, 2020, that he was afraid that many U.S. attorneys would resign, adding: “I do NOT see Jan. 6 happening the way [Trump] is being told." He texted in the evening of January 5: "I am very worried about the next 48 hours." The committee wrote to Hannity asking him to voluntarily answer questions.{{cite news|last1=Nobles|first1=Ryan|last2=Grayer|first2=Annie|last3=Reid|first3=Paula|last4=Grimaldi|first4=Angelica|last5=Rogers|first5=Alex|date=January 4, 2022|title=January 6 committee seeks cooperation from Fox News' Hannity and releases texts between host and White House|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/04/politics/january-6-committee-sean-hannity/index.html|website=CNN|access-date=January 5, 2022|archive-date=January 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105200843/https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/04/politics/january-6-committee-sean-hannity/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Gangel |first1=Jamie |last2=Herb |first2=Jeremy |last3=Stuart |first3=Elizabeth |last4=Stelter |first4=Brian |date=April 29, 2022 |title=CNN Exclusive: New text messages reveal Fox's Hannity advising Trump White House and seeking direction |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/29/politics/hannity-text-messages-meadows-trump-white-house/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=April 30, 2022 |archive-date=May 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504040230/https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/29/politics/hannity-text-messages-meadows-trump-white-house/index.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Bill |date=June 20, 2022 |title=Fox News carried the third Jan. 6 committee hearing as testimony featured its hosts and guests |url=https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2022/fox-news-carried-the-third-jan-6-committee-hearing-as-testimony-featured-its-hosts-and-guests/ |website=Poynter |language=en-US |access-date=December 19, 2022 |archive-date=December 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219152345/https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2022/fox-news-carried-the-third-jan-6-committee-hearing-as-testimony-featured-its-hosts-and-guests/ |url-status=live }}
• During the attack, Donald Trump Jr. told Meadows that his father must "lead now" by making an Oval Office address because "[i]t has gone too far. And gotten out of hand."{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Zachary |last2=Nobles |first2=Ryan |date=December 13, 2021 |title=The Jan. 6 panel unveiled texts Trump's chief of staff got as the riot unfolded. Here's what we learned. |website=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/mark-meadows-house-committee-hearing/h_d83a4b131703efe21bf871d656bf856e |access-date=December 24, 2022 |archive-date=December 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224163330/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/mark-meadows-house-committee-hearing/h_d83a4b131703efe21bf871d656bf856e |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Lowell |first=Hugo |date=December 13, 2021 |title=Capitol attack panel recommends criminal prosecution for Mark Meadows |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/13/mark-meadows-capitol-attack-committee-vote-prosecution |website=The Guardian |language=en |access-date=January 3, 2022 |archive-date=January 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103042502/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/13/mark-meadows-capitol-attack-committee-vote-prosecution |url-status=live }}
• Two Fox News allies of Trump texted that the Capitol attack was destroying the president's legacy.
• Representative Jim Jordan asked Meadows if Vice President Mike Pence could identify "all the electoral votes that he believes are unconstitutional".{{cite web|last1=Cheney|first1=Kyle|last2=Wu|first2=Nicholas|date=December 15, 2021|title=Jim Jordan sent one of the texts to Mark Meadows highlighted this week by the Jan. 6 panel.|url=https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/12-15-2021/jim-jordan-text-Jan6/|work=Politico|access-date=December 16, 2021|archive-date=December 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216023702/https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/12-15-2021/jim-jordan-text-Jan6/|url-status=live}}
• The day after the riot, one text stated that "We tried everything we could in our objections to the 6 states. I'm sorry nothing worked."

Meadows also participated in a call with a Freedom Caucus group including Rudy Giuliani, Representative Jim Jordan, and Representative Scott Perry during which they planned to encourage Trump supporters to march to the Capitol on January 6.{{Cite news |last1=Broadwater |first1=Luke |last2=Feuer |first2=Alan |date=April 23, 2022 |title=Filing Provides New Details on Trump White House Planning for Jan. 6 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/23/us/politics/trump-meadows-freedom-caucus-jan-6.html |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=April 24, 2022 |archive-date=April 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427000939/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/23/us/politics/trump-meadows-freedom-caucus-jan-6.html |url-status=live }}

Meadows also exchanged post-election text messages with Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in which they expressed support of Trump's claims of election fraud. On November 5, in the first of 29 text messages, Ginni Thomas sent to Meadows a link to a YouTube video about the election.{{Cite news |last1=Woodward |first1=Bob |last2=Costa |first2=Robert |date=March 24, 2022 |title=Virginia Thomas urged White House chief to pursue unrelenting efforts to overturn the 2020 election, texts show |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/24/virginia-thomas-mark-meadows-texts/ |access-date=June 17, 2022 |archive-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328132724/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/24/virginia-thomas-mark-meadows-texts/ |url-status=live }} She emailed Arizona and Wisconsin lawmakers on November 9 to encourage them to choose different electors, exchanged emails with John Eastman, and attended the rally on January 6.{{cite news |last1=Nobles |first1=Ryan |last2=Grayer |first2=Annie |last3=Cohen |first3=Zachary |last4=Gangel |first4=Jamie |date=March 25, 2022 |title=January 6 committee has text messages between Ginni Thomas and Mark Meadows |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/politics/ginni-thomas-mark-meadows-text-messages/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=March 28, 2022 |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327021008/https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/politics/ginni-thomas-mark-meadows-text-messages/index.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Emma |date=June 10, 2022 |title=Ginni Thomas pressed 29 Ariz. lawmakers to help overturn Trump's defeat, emails show |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/06/10/ginni-thomas-election-arizona-lawmakers/ |access-date=June 16, 2022 |archive-date=June 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611164148/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/06/10/ginni-thomas-election-arizona-lawmakers/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Bauer |first=Scott |date=September 1, 2022 |title=Ginni Thomas Worked Harder To Overturn The Election Than Previously Known |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ginni-thomas-wisconsin-overturn-2020-election_n_6310e3f5e4b088f7423b995a |website=HuffPost |language=en |access-date=September 2, 2022 |archive-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904193412/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ginni-thomas-wisconsin-overturn-2020-election_n_6310e3f5e4b088f7423b995a |url-status=live }}

Some of the communications revealed Trump allies who privately expressed disagreement with the events of January 6 while defending Trump in public:

• Donald Trump Jr. pleaded with Meadows during the January 6 riot to convince his father that "[i]t has gone too far and gotten out of hand"{{cite web|last=Swanson|first=Ian|date=December 15, 2021|title=The Memo: Stunning texts offer new window into Jan. 6|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/585841-the-memo-stunning-texts-offer-new-window-into-jan-6|website=The Hill|language=en|access-date=December 19, 2021|archive-date=December 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217015838/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/585841-the-memo-stunning-texts-offer-new-window-into-jan-6|url-status=live}}
• Similarly, Fox News hosts Brian Kilmeade, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham asked Meadows to persuade Trump to appear on TV and quell the riot.{{Cite news|last1=Windolf|first1=Jim|last2=Koblin|first2=John|date=December 15, 2021|title=Fox News Hosts Take the Offensive About Texts to Meadows|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/business/media/fox-news-trump-january-6.html|issn=0362-4331|access-date=December 19, 2021|archive-date=December 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217110607/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/15/business/media/fox-news-trump-january-6.html|url-status=live}}

In mid-2022, CNN spoke to over a dozen people who had texted Meadows that day, and all of them said they believed that Trump should have tried to stop the attack.{{cite news |last1=Gangel |first1=Jamie |last2=Herb |first2=Jeremy |last3=Stuart |first3=Elizabeth |date=June 2, 2022 |title=CNN Exclusive: Republicans who texted Meadows with urgent pleas on January 6 say Trump could have stopped the violence |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/02/politics/meadows-texts-january-6-trump-stop-violence/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=June 2, 2022 |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606024147/https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/02/politics/meadows-texts-january-6-trump-stop-violence/index.html |url-status=live }}

Meadows pointed the committee toward Phil Waldron, a retired Army colonel (now owning a bar in Texas){{cite news |last1=Feuer |first1=Alan |title=A Retired Colonel's Unlikely Role in Pushing Baseless Election Claims |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/21/us/politics/phil-waldron-jan-6.html |work=The New York Times |date=December 21, 2021 |access-date=December 21, 2021 |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221222227/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/21/us/politics/phil-waldron-jan-6.html |url-status=live }} who specialized in psychological operations and who later became a Trump campaign associate. Waldron was associated with former Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn and other military-intelligence veterans who played key roles in spreading false information to allege the election had been stolen from Trump.{{cite news |last1=Roston |first1=Ram |last2=Heath |first2=Brad |last3=Shiffman |first3=John |last4=Eisler |first4=Peter |date=December 15, 2021 |title=The military-intelligence veterans who helped lead Trump's campaign of disinformation |url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-military/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218203057/https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-election-military/ |archive-date=December 18, 2021 |access-date=December 19, 2021 |website=Reuters}}

Waldron had summarized a strategy for overturning the election results. His PowerPoint presentation recommended that Trump declare a national security emergency to delay the January 6 electoral certification, invalidate all ballots cast by machine, and order the military to seize and recount all paper ballots.{{cite news |last1=Broadwater |first1=Luke |last2=Feuer |first2=Alan |date=December 10, 2021 |title=Jan. 6 Committee Examines PowerPoint Document Sent to Meadows |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/us/politics/capitol-attack-meadows-powerpoint.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212003139/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/us/politics/capitol-attack-meadows-powerpoint.html |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |access-date=December 11, 2021 |work=The New York Times}}{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Emma |last2=Swaine |first2=Jon |last3=Alemany |first3=Jacqueline |last4=Dawsey |first4=Josh |last5=Hamburger |first5=Tom |date=December 11, 2021 |title=Election denier who circulated Jan. 6 PowerPoint says he met with Meadows at White House |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/phil-waldron-mark-meadows-powerpoint/2021/12/11/4ea67938-59df-11ec-9a18-a506cf3aa31d_story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212030629/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/phil-waldron-mark-meadows-powerpoint/2021/12/11/4ea67938-59df-11ec-9a18-a506cf3aa31d_story.html |archive-date=December 12, 2021 |access-date=December 11, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post}} (Meadows claims he personally did not act on this plan.) A 36-page version appeared to have been created on January 5,{{cite news |last=Lowell |first=Hugo |date=December 10, 2021 |title=Capitol attack panel obtains PowerPoint that set out plan for Trump to stage coup |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/10/trump-powerpoint-mark-meadows-capitol-attack |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221000828/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/10/trump-powerpoint-mark-meadows-capitol-attack |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |access-date=December 20, 2021 |work=The Guardian}} and Meadows received a version that day. He eventually provided a 38-page version to the committee. It was among the most revealing documents he provided.

Waldron also originated the idea of a military seizure of voting machines, according to Bernard Kerik's subsequent testimony.{{Cite book |url=https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220113_Bernard%20Kerik.pdf |title=Bernard Kerik - J6 Committee Witness Testimony Transcript |date=2022-01-13 |publisher=Committee press release |pages=75–76 |quote=Q: So on the seizing voting machines…a Presidential letter, quote, 'to seize evidence in the interest of national security.'…Are you familiar, at least, with the letter that I'm talking about? A: I think so. Q: Okay…do you know who drafted that? A. If I'm not mistaken, I think it was drafted by Phil Waldron. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228000000/https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220113_Bernard%20Kerik.pdf |archive-date=December 28, 2022}} [https://archive.org/details/january-6th-committee-witness-testimony-feF1Fgl9 Alt URL] The idea of seizing voting machines was proposed as an executive order in two nearly identical drafts dated December 16, both of which Politico published. One of the drafts had apparently been created by attorney and One America News anchor Christina Bobb, who had also been present at the Willard Hotel command center.{{cite news |last1=Swan |first1=Betsy Woodruff |title=Kerik told Jan. 6 panel that former Army colonel came up with idea to seize voting machines |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/24/kerik-jan-6-voting-machines-00001552 |work=Politico |date=January 24, 2022 |access-date=January 25, 2022 |archive-date=January 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126213932/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/24/kerik-jan-6-voting-machines-00001552 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Swan |first1=Betsy Woodruff |title=Read the never-issued Trump order that would have seized voting machines |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/21/read-the-never-issued-trump-order-that-would-have-seized-voting-machines-527572 |work=Politico |date=January 21, 2022 |access-date=January 25, 2022 |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121192533/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/21/read-the-never-issued-trump-order-that-would-have-seized-voting-machines-527572 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Suebsaeng |first1=Asawin |last2=Tani |first2=Maxwell |last3=Stein |first3=Sam |date=November 23, 2020 |title=An OAN Host Has Been Helping Rudy With Trump's Legal Efforts |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/oan-host-christina-bobb-has-been-helping-rudy-giuliani-with-trumps-legal-efforts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107160016/https://www.thedailybeast.com/oan-host-christina-bobb-has-been-helping-rudy-giuliani-with-trumps-legal-efforts |archive-date=January 7, 2021 |access-date=February 10, 2022 |work=The Daily Beast}} That draft was found in emails between Waldron, Flynn, Kerik, Washington attorney Katherine Friess, and Texas entrepreneur Russell Ramsland, which Politico also published.{{cite news |last1=Swan |first1=Betsy Woodruff |title=Read the emails showing Trump allies' connections to voting machine seizure push |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/09/trump-emails-voting-machines-election-00007449 |work=Politico |date=February 9, 2022 |access-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210210136/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/09/trump-emails-voting-machines-election-00007449 |url-status=live }}

Meadows testified that he organized a daily morning call beginning January 7, 2021, with Mike Pompeo and Mark Milley.{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Jason |date=2023-08-28 |title=Meadows testifies about post-January 6 phone calls |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-indictment-2020-election-08-28-23/h_c32a0f42fccf295d592a63bfe4af7a5e |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=August 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828172525/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-indictment-2020-election-08-28-23/h_c32a0f42fccf295d592a63bfe4af7a5e |url-status=live }}

As of August 2023, the extent of Meadows's cooperation in various investigations remained unknown to the public.{{Cite web |last=Mazza |first=Ed |date=2023-08-22 |title='Sung Like A Canary': Ex-GOP Lawmaker Names Trump Insider Who Flipped |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-jolly-trump-insider-flipped_n_64e46298e4b0a04c2ed79bd6 |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=HuffPost |language=en |quote=Meadows has been largely silent in public for months, was barely mentioned in the Jan. 6 indictment against Trump, and has reportedly delivered damaging information when questioned. That’s led many to speculate that he’s flipped. ... But Meadows was also among the 19 people indicted in the Georgia election interference case, which some believe is an indication to the contrary. |archive-date=August 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823231745/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-jolly-trump-insider-flipped_n_64e46298e4b0a04c2ed79bd6 |url-status=live }} Prosecutors in the Georgia indictment reportedly do not intend to offer him a plea deal.{{Cite news |last=Lowell |first=Hugo |date=2023-11-28 |title=Georgia prosecutors oppose plea deals for Trump, Meadows and Giuliani |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/28/trump-trial-georgia-no-plea-deal |access-date=2023-12-14 |issn=0261-3077}} He has said he wants to be tried separately from the other Georgia defendants.{{Cite news |last=Bailey |first=Holly |date=September 14, 2023 |title=In Georgia, judge considers splitting up Trump case amid litany of motions |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/14/georgia-trump-case-judge-mcafee/ |access-date=September 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019182509/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/14/georgia-trump-case-judge-mcafee/ |url-status=live }} The U.S. Supreme Court denied his request to remove his case to federal court.{{Cite news |last=Totenberg |first=Nina |date=November 12, 2024 |title=Supreme Court refuses legal lifesaver for former Trump chief of staff |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/11/12/g-s1-28916/supreme-court-mark-meadows-new-york-rent-control |access-date=January 4, 2025 |work=NPR |archive-date=January 4, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250104143127/https://www.npr.org/2024/11/12/g-s1-28916/supreme-court-mark-meadows-new-york-rent-control |url-status=live }}

One of the main challenges to the committee's investigation was Trump's use of legal tactics to try to block the release of the White House communication records held at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).{{cite news |last=Pagliery |first=Jose |title=Ex-National Archivist Thinks Trump Is Hiding His Records to Avoid 'Prison Time' - "There are things in those records that are going to make real trouble." |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-is-hiding-his-january-6-records-to-avoid-prison-time-says-former-national-archivist |date=January 3, 2022 |work=The Daily Beast |access-date=January 3, 2022 |archive-date=January 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103151603/https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-is-hiding-his-january-6-records-to-avoid-prison-time-says-former-national-archivist |url-status=live }} He succeeded in delaying the release of the documents for about five months. The committee received the documents on January 20, 2022.{{Cite news|last=Gonzalez|first=Oriana|date=January 21, 2022|title=National Archives releases Trump White House records to Jan. 6 panel|work=Axios|url=https://www.axios.com/national-archives-trump-documents-jan-6-committee-f3e2dc32-4976-4d2d-a653-e0fa32231d91.html|access-date=January 22, 2022|archive-date=January 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122141828/https://www.axios.com/national-archives-trump-documents-jan-6-committee-f3e2dc32-4976-4d2d-a653-e0fa32231d91.html|url-status=live}}{{Citation|last=Cooper|first=Anderson|title=George Conway on draft executive order: Absolute banana republic stuff - CNN Video|date=January 21, 2022|url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/01/22/george-conway-trump-draft-executive-order-sot-ac360-vpx.cnn|access-date=2022-01-22|archive-date=January 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122144947/https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/01/22/george-conway-trump-draft-executive-order-sot-ac360-vpx.cnn|url-status=live}}

Some of the documents had been previously torn up by Trump and taped back together by NARA staff.{{cite news |last1=Nobles |first1=Ryan |last2=Cohen |first2=Zachary |last3=Grayer |first3=Annie |date=February 1, 2022 |title=Some Trump White House records handed over to January 6 committee had been ripped up |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/politics/trump-torn-documents/index.html |access-date=2022-02-01 |website=CNN |archive-date=February 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220204143746/https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/politics/trump-torn-documents/index.html |url-status=live }} Trump is said to have routinely shredded and flushed records by his own hand, as well as to have asked staff to place them in burn bags, throughout his presidency.{{cite web |last=Allen |first=Mike |date=February 10, 2022 |title=Maggie Haberman book: Flushed papers found clogging Trump White House toilet |url=https://www.axios.com/maggie-haberman-book-trump-papers-2d59d593-8b89-4edd-8623-8ef709af524f.html |access-date=2022-02-10 |website=Axios |language=en |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210160750/https://www.axios.com/maggie-haberman-book-trump-papers-2d59d593-8b89-4edd-8623-8ef709af524f.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news|last1=Parker|first1=Ashley|last2=Dawsey|first2=Josh|last3=Hamburger|first3=Tom|last4=Alemany|first4=Jacqueline|date=February 5, 2022|title='He never stopped ripping things up': Inside Trump's relentless document destruction habits|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/05/trump-ripping-documents/|access-date=February 9, 2022|archive-date=February 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211123106/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/02/05/trump-ripping-documents/|url-status=live}} Additionally, as the presidential diarist testified to the committee in March 2022, the Oval Office did not send the diarist detailed information about Trump's daily activities on January 5 and 6, 2021.{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Zachary |last2=Gangel |first2=Jamie |last3=Nobles |first3=Ryan |last4=Grayer |first4=Annie |last5=Reid |first5=Paula |date=April 2, 2022 |title=Trump's presidential diarist tells Jan. 6 committee White House officials provided less detail about his activities days before riot |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/01/politics/white-house-diarist-january-6-committee-interview/index.html |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=CNN |archive-date=April 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403000057/https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/01/politics/white-house-diarist-january-6-committee-interview/index.html |url-status=live }}

Trump's phone records from the day of the attack, as provided by NARA to the committee, did not log any calls during the seven-and-a-half hours that the Capitol was under siege, suggesting he was using a "burner" cell phone during that time.{{Cite news |last1=Woodward |first1=Bob |last2=Costa |first2=Robert |date=March 29, 2022 |title=Jan. 6 White House logs given to House show 7-hour gap in Trump calls |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/29/trump-white-house-logs/ |access-date=March 30, 2022 |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331010849/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/29/trump-white-house-logs/?itid=mr_politics_3 |url-status=live }} He is said to have routinely used burner phones during his presidency.{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Eliana |last2=Stephenson |first2=Emily |last3=Lippman |first3=Daniel |date=May 21, 2018 |title='Too inconvenient': Trump goes rogue on phone security |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/21/trump-phone-security-risk-hackers-601903 |access-date=2022-03-30 |website=Politico |language=en |archive-date=May 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516184331/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/21/trump-phone-security-risk-hackers-601903 |url-status=live }} When the committee subpoenaed his personal communication records, his lawyers claimed he had no such records.

Trump tried to hide the fact that he had pressured the Defense Secretary and DOJ to seize voting machines immediately after the election in six states where he had lost.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-directly-involved-plans-seize-voting-machines-reports-2022-02-01/|title=Trump directly involved in plans to seize voting machines - reports|date=February 1, 2022|work=Reuters|last1=Chaicu|first1=Doina|access-date=March 31, 2023|archive-date=March 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331153039/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-directly-involved-plans-seize-voting-machines-reports-2022-02-01/|url-status=live}} To prevent the Committee gaining access to relevant White House records, he sought an injunction from the Supreme Court, which dismissed his request on January 19, 2022.{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/donald-trump-supreme-court-january-6-coup-white-house-documents-1234915799/|title=Donald Trump Loses Supreme Court Bid To Block White House Records From January 6 Committee - reports|date=January 19, 2022|work=Deadline|last1=Patten|first1=Dominic|access-date=March 31, 2023|archive-date=March 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331155601/https://deadline.com/2022/01/donald-trump-supreme-court-january-6-coup-white-house-documents-1234915799/|url-status=live}}

The committee began its request for the NARA records in August 2021. Trump asserted executive privilege over the documents. Then president Joe Biden rejected that claim, as did a federal judge (who noted that Trump was no longer president), the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.{{cite news|last1=de Vogue|first1=Ariane|last2=Polantz|first2=Katelyn|date=January 19, 2022|title=Supreme Court clears the way for House to get Trump White House documents|publisher=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/supreme-court-trump-white-house-docs/index.html|access-date=January 20, 2022|archive-date=January 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120175153/https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/supreme-court-trump-white-house-docs/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Sneed|first1=Tierney|last2=Polantz|first2=Katelyn|date=February 22, 2022|title=Supreme Court officially ends Trump's recent legal fight to block document turnover to January 6 probe|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/politics/supreme-court-trump-white-house-docs-denial/index.html|access-date=2022-02-22|website=CNN|archive-date=February 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224015458/https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/politics/supreme-court-trump-white-house-docs-denial/index.html|url-status=live}} The committee agreed to a Biden administration request for NARA to withhold certain sensitive documents about unrelated national security matters but continued to litigate until it received the potentially relevant records.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-us-supreme-court-donald-trump-capitol-siege-national-security-222ba1cbc7da239240f30a0edba80b46|title=White House, Jan. 6 committee agree to shield some documents|date=December 28, 2021|work=Associated Press|last1=Miller|first1=Zeke|access-date=December 28, 2021|archive-date=December 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228175716/https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-us-supreme-court-donald-trump-capitol-siege-national-security-222ba1cbc7da239240f30a0edba80b46|url-status=live}}

From the beginning of the investigation, Trump told Republican leaders not to cooperate with the committee.{{cite web |last=Lowell |first=Hugo |date=2021-10-06 |title=Top Trump aides set to defy subpoenas in Capitol attack investigation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/06/trump-aides-capitol-attack-house-select-committee |access-date=2021-10-09 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=October 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006053637/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/06/trump-aides-capitol-attack-house-select-committee |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Swan |first=Betsy Woodruff |date=October 7, 2021 |title=Trump tells 4 former aides to defy Jan. 6 committee's subpoena |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/07/trump-jan-6-committees-subpoena-515593 |website=Politico |access-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-date=November 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106064304/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/07/trump-jan-6-committees-subpoena-515593 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=House |first1=Billy |last2=Parker |first2=Mario |date=October 7, 2021 |title=Trump Instructs Former Aides to Defy Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas |publisher=Bloomberg News |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-07/trump-instructs-former-aides-to-defy-jan-6-panel-subpoenas |access-date=October 7, 2021 |archive-date=October 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009055730/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-07/trump-instructs-former-aides-to-defy-jan-6-panel-subpoenas |url-status=live }} While many testified voluntarily,{{cite web |last=Jansen |first=Bart |date=December 2, 2021 |title=House Jan. 6 panel has interviewed 250 people and is planning weeks of public hearings next year |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/12/02/house-jan-6-probe-plans-hearings-results-250-witnesses/8836440002/ |access-date=2021-12-09 |website=USA Today |language=en-US |archive-date=December 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209205941/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/12/02/house-jan-6-probe-plans-hearings-results-250-witnesses/8836440002/ |url-status=live }} the committee also issued subpoenas to legally compel others' testimony. Some people who were subpoenaed refused to testify: Jeffrey Clark, Roger Stone, John Eastman, Michael Flynn, Alex Jones, and Kelli Ward pleaded their Fifth Amendment rights, while Steve Bannon, Peter Navarro Mark Meadows and Dan Scavino were found in contempt of Congress. In December 2021, Michael Flynn sued to block a subpoena for his phone records and to delay his testimony, though a federal judge dismissed his suit within a day.{{cite news |last1=Polantz |first1=Katelyn |title=Michael Flynn loses his legal challenge to the House January 6 probe, one day after filing it |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/politics/michael-flynn-january-6-lawsuit/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=December 22, 2021 |access-date=December 22, 2021 |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223011243/https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/politics/michael-flynn-january-6-lawsuit/index.html |url-status=live }}

Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson spoke to the committee several times in early 2022 while represented by Stefan Passantino, a Trump ally who wanted her to skirt the committee's questions. She spoke to the committee without Passantino's knowledge; former White House aide Alyssa Farah Griffin was her backchannel connection for the additional testimony.{{cite news |date=December 22, 2022 |title=READ: Transcripts of Cassidy Hutchinson's depositions with the House January 6 committee |publisher=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/22/politics/read-cassidy-hutchinson-jan-6-transcripts/index.html |access-date=December 22, 2022 |archive-date=December 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222172204/https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/22/politics/read-cassidy-hutchinson-jan-6-transcripts/index.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Jansen |first1=Bart |last2=Lee |first2=Ella |last3=Slack |first3=Donovan |last4=Ramaswamy |first4=Swapna Venugopal |last5=Meyer |first5=Josh |last6=Tran |first6=Ken |date=December 22, 2022 |title=Cassidy Hutchinson: 'Trump world' lawyer told her to skirt Jan. 6 questions - live updates |publisher=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/12/22/january-6-committee-final-report-live-updates/10940207002/ |access-date=December 22, 2022 |archive-date=December 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222170352/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/12/22/january-6-committee-final-report-live-updates/10940207002/ |url-status=live }} Hutchinson later dismissed Passantino, hired Jody Hunt instead, and had another closed-door deposition on June 20, 2022, a week before she appeared at a public hearing. The committee would later recommend that Passantino face charges for witness tampering. In December 2024, the House Administration oversight subcommittee, led by Representative Barry Loudermilk, issued a report saying that Liz Cheney should be the one to be criminally investigated for witness tampering, alleging that she had turned Hutchinson against Passantino. However, Representative Lofgren pointed out that, under Article One of the Constitution, members of Congress cannot be prosecuted for doing their work.{{Cite web |last=Delaney |first=Arthur |date=2024-12-17 |title=Key Republican Calls For Criminal Probe Of Liz Cheney Over Jan. 6 Committee Work |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/liz-cheney-barry-loudermilk-jan-6_n_6761c017e4b05b42dfd9b627 |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=HuffPost |language=en |archive-date=December 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241217202150/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/liz-cheney-barry-loudermilk-jan-6_n_6761c017e4b05b42dfd9b627 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Bump |first=Philip |date=December 18, 2024 |title=Claims that Liz Cheney broke the law are even thinner than you think |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/claims-that-liz-cheney-broke-the-law-are-even-thinner-than-you-think/ar-AA1w6w8O |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=MSN |archive-date=December 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241218224425/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/claims-that-liz-cheney-broke-the-law-are-even-thinner-than-you-think/ar-AA1w6w8O |url-status=live }} On January 6, 2025, Representative Joseph Morelle, released a report containing an email from Hutchinson's lawyer denying that Hutchinson and Cheney had any "improper communications".{{Cite web |last=Grayer |first=Annie |date=2025-01-06 |title=House report attempts to refute GOP efforts to prosecute Cheney for investigating January 6 attack |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/election-certification-trump-01-06-25#cm5l4beza00003b6nonn0lyme |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=January 6, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106143643/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/election-certification-trump-01-06-25/#cm5l4beza00003b6nonn0lyme |url-status=live }}

Bill Stepien, Trump's final campaign manager, was subpoenaed and planned to testify live for the second public hearing on June 13, 2022. However, he canceled his appearance an hour before the hearing started, as his wife went into labor. The select committee instead aired clips of Stepien's previously recorded deposition;{{cite web |date=June 13, 2022 |title=Trump's inner circle testifies his claims were bogus |url=https://thehill.com/news/house/3521715-trumps-inner-circle-testifies-his-claims-were-bogus/ |access-date=2022-06-14 |work=The Hill |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614142455/https://thehill.com/news/house/3521715-trumps-inner-circle-testifies-his-claims-were-bogus/ |url-status=live }} the scramble to rearrange the presentation delayed the start of the nationally televised hearing by 45 minutes.{{cite news |last1=Broadwater |first1=Luke |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |date=June 13, 2022 |title=What We Learned on Day 2 of the Jan. 6 Hearings - The New York Times |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/06/13/us/jan-6-hearings-trump |access-date=2022-06-14 |archive-date=June 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613135207/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/06/13/us/jan-6-hearings-trump |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=June 13, 2022 |title=Ex-Trump campaign manager will miss Jan. 6 hearing for family emergency |url=https://thehill.com/news/house/3521053-ex-trump-campaign-manager-will-miss-jan-6-hearing-for-family-emergency/ |access-date=2022-06-14 |work=The Hill |archive-date=June 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613191725/https://thehill.com/news/house/3521053-ex-trump-campaign-manager-will-miss-jan-6-hearing-for-family-emergency/ |url-status=live }}

On October 21, 2022, the committee subpoenaed Trump for documents and testimony. They requested all his communications on the day of the Capitol attack and many of his political communications in the preceding months. On November 9, Trump's lawyers wrote to the committee saying he possessed "no documents" relevant to the subpoena. On November 11, they sued to block the subpoena, arguing that the committee could obtain the information from sources other than Trump.

Pence chose not to speak to the select committee, though the committee had long deliberated calling him.{{Cite web |last1=Grayer |first1=Annie |last2=Gangel |first2=Jamie |last3=Cohen |first3=Zachary |last4=Borger |first4=Gloria |last5=Murray |first5=Sara |date=2022-09-12 |title=January 6 committee set to meet in person on Tuesday as it debates whether to invite Trump and Pence to appear {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/12/politics/january-6-committee-trump-pence-invite/index.html |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=September 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924013629/https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/12/politics/january-6-committee-trump-pence-invite/index.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=2022-05-09 |title=Panel Probing Jan. 6 Attack Still Undecided On Interviewing Trump, Pence |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-committee-panel-trump-pence-questioning_n_6278ff39e4b00fbab63102bd |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=HuffPost |language=en |archive-date=May 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514060355/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-committee-panel-trump-pence-questioning_n_6278ff39e4b00fbab63102bd |url-status=live }} On January 4, 2022, Chair Thompson told reporters that Pence should "do the right thing and come forward and voluntarily talk to the committee". While acknowledging that the committee had not formally invited Pence to speak to them, Thompson suggested: "if he offered, we'd gladly accept."{{cite news |last=Collinson |first=Stephen |date=January 5, 2022 |title=Analysis: Call for Pence cooperation shows ambition of January 6 panel ahead of anniversary |website=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/05/politics/january-6-committee-mike-pence-sean-hannity-donald-trump/index.html |access-date=January 5, 2022 |archive-date=January 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105191905/https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/05/politics/january-6-committee-mike-pence-sean-hannity-donald-trump/index.html |url-status=live }} The committee reportedly considered Pence's testimony particularly important,{{cite news|last1=Schmidt|first1=Michael S.|last2=Feuer|first2=Alan|date=January 10, 2022|title=Pence and Jan. 6 Committee Engage in High-Stakes Dance Over Testimony|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/us/politics/mike-pence-jan-6-testimony.html|access-date=January 11, 2022|archive-date=January 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111061218/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/us/politics/mike-pence-jan-6-testimony.html|url-status=live}} though, in April, Thompson told reporters they would not bother calling him, especially having already confirmed important information through his former aides Marc Short and Greg Jacob. On August 17, Pence told an audience at Saint Anselm College that he was waiting for the committee to invite him: "If there was an invitation to participate, I'd consider it."{{Cite web |last1=Grenoble |first1=Ryan |last2=Dáte |first2=S.V. |date=2022-08-17 |title=Mike Pence Says He'd 'Consider' Testifying Before Jan. 6 Committee |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-pence-testifying-january-6-committee_n_62fd0883e4b071ea958bd983 |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=HuffPost |language=en |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818074142/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-pence-testifying-january-6-committee_n_62fd0883e4b071ea958bd983 |url-status=live }} He described his experience of the attack on the Capitol in his autobiography, which was scheduled to be published a week after the November 2022 midterm elections.{{Cite web |last=Associated Press |date=26 July 2022 |title=Former Vice President Mike Pence to release memoir in Nov. |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2022/07/26/mike-pence-memoir-nov-so-help-me-god/10154745002/ |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=The Detroit News |language=en-US |archive-date=November 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112162421/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2022/07/26/mike-pence-memoir-nov-so-help-me-god/10154745002/ |url-status=live }} As of late November, Pence was reportedly more interested in testifying before the DOJ.{{Cite web |last1=Perez |first1=Evan |last2=Polantz |first2=Katelyn |last3=Cohen |first3=Zachary |date=2022-11-23 |title=DOJ prosecutors seek testimony from former Vice President Pence in January 6 criminal probe |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/23/politics/mike-pence-testimony-justice-department-january-6-investigation/index.html |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=CNN Politics |language=en |archive-date=December 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212134801/https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/23/politics/mike-pence-testimony-justice-department-january-6-investigation/index.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last1=Dawsey |first1=Josh |last2=Stein |first2=Perry |date=9 February 2023 |title=Pence receives subpoena from prosecutors examining Trump's Jan. 6 role |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/02/09/pence-subpoena-jan-6/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |quote=His advisers had previously said he was not interested in appearing before the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Pence has told people privately that he has concerns about testifying against Trump because of executive privilege, according to the person familiar with the matter. |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213045123/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/02/09/pence-subpoena-jan-6/ |url-status=live }} "I think it’s sad that he didn’t want to come to us", Representative Pete Aguilar told CNN in early December 2022.{{Cite web |last=Grayer |first=Annie |date=2022-12-07 |title=Jan. 6 committee member previews details in panel's upcoming report |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/politics/january-6-committee-report-aguilar-cnntv/index.html |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=CNN Politics |language=en |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207154457/https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/07/politics/january-6-committee-report-aguilar-cnntv/index.html |url-status=live }}

Soon after the attack on the Capitol, the Secret Service assigned new phones.{{cite news |last1=Herb |first1=Jeremy |last2=Wild |first2=Whitney |date=July 30, 2022 |title=Timeline: How missing Secret Service text messages became a political scandal |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/30/politics/secret-service-timeline/index.html |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=CNN |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811162155/https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/30/politics/secret-service-timeline/index.html |url-status=live }} In February 2021, the office of Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, a Trump appointee, learned that text messages of Secret Service agents had been lost. He considered sending data specialists to attempt to retrieve the messages, but a decision was made against it.{{cite web |last=Papenfuss |first=Mary |date=2022-07-30 |title=Trump's Homeland Security Watchdog Scuttled Efforts To Recover Secret Service Texts: Report |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/homeland-security-secret-service-text-recovery_n_62e4cb1fe4b006483a9db3b6 |access-date=2022-07-31 |website=HuffPost |language=en |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811092039/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/homeland-security-secret-service-text-recovery_n_62e4cb1fe4b006483a9db3b6 |url-status=live }} In June 2021, DHS asked for text messages from 24 individuals—including the heads for Trump and Pence security, Robert Engel and Tim Giebels—and did not receive them. In October 2021, DHS considered publicizing the Secret Service's delays.{{Cite news |last1=Leonnig |first1=Carol |last2=Sacchetti |first2=Maria |date=July 20, 2022 |title=Secret Service watchdog knew in February that texts had been purged |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/20/secret-service-national-archives/ |access-date=July 21, 2022 |archive-date=July 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721020147/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/20/secret-service-national-archives/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Wild |first1=Whitney |last2=Herb |first2=Jeremy |date=July 22, 2022 |title=Secret Service identified potential missing text messages on phones of 10 individuals |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/22/politics/secret-service-investigators-text-messages/index.html |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=CNN |archive-date=July 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724210835/https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/22/politics/secret-service-investigators-text-messages/index.html |url-status=live }} On July 26, 2022, Chairman Thompson, in his capacity as Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Carolyn Maloney, Chair of the House Oversight & Reforms Committee, jointly wrote to the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency about Cuffari's failure to report the lost text messages and asked CIGIE chair Allison Lerner to replace Cuffari with a new Inspector General who could investigate the matter.{{Cite web |last1=Maloney |first1=Carolyn B. |last2=Thompson |first2=Bennie G. |date=July 26, 2022 |title=Letter to Joseph V. Cuffari and Allison C. Lerner |url=https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2022-07.26.CBM%20BGT%20to%20Cuffari-DHS%20and%20Lerner-CIGIE%20re%20Secret%20Service.pdf |access-date=December 19, 2022 |website=oversight.house.gov |archive-date=October 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018183938/https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2022-07.26.CBM%20BGT%20to%20Cuffari-DHS%20and%20Lerner-CIGIE%20re%20Secret%20Service.pdf |url-status=dead }} Senator Dick Durbin, who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee, asked Attorney General Garland to investigate the missing text messages. Biden had made a campaign promise to never fire an inspector general during his tenure as POTUS, and despite calls for him to dismiss Cuffari, Cuffari retained his role throughout the Biden administration.

On August 1, 2022, House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson reiterated calls for Cuffari to step down due to a "lack of transparency" that could be "jeopardizing the integrity" of crucial investigations regarding the missing Secret Service text messages.{{cite news |last1=Wild |first1=Whitney |last2=Alvarez |first2=Priscilla |title=Top lawmakers renew call for DHS IG to step aside from investigation into missing texts, citing CNN reporting |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/01/politics/secret-service-texts-dhs-inspector-general/index.html |website=CNN|access-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801213250/https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/01/politics/secret-service-texts-dhs-inspector-general/index.html |archive-date=August 1, 2022 |date=August 1, 2022 |url-status=live}} That same day, an official inside the DHS inspector general's office told Politico that Cuffari and his staff are "uniquely unqualified to lead an Inspector General's office, and{{Nbsp}}... the crucial oversight mission of the DHS OIG has been compromised."{{cite web |last1=Swan |first1=Betsy Woodruff |title=DHS watchdog decries 'onslaught of meritless criticism' amid Jan. 6 Secret Service texts flap |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/01/dhs-jan-6-secret-service-texts-00049112 |website=Politico|access-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802000323/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/01/dhs-jan-6-secret-service-texts-00049112 |archive-date=August 2, 2022 |date=August 1, 2022 |url-status=live}} Congress also obtained a July 2021 e-mail, from deputy inspector general Thomas Kait, who told senior DHS officials there was no longer a need for any Secret Service phone records or text messages. Efforts to collect communications related to Jan. 6 were therefore shutdown by Kait just six weeks after the internal DHS investigation began. The Guardian wrote that "taken together, the new revelations appear to show that the chief watchdog for the Secret Service and the DHS took deliberate steps to stop the retrieval of texts it knew were missing, and then sought to hide the fact that it had decided not to pursue that evidence."{{cite web |last1=Lowell |first1=Hugo |title=House panels: DHS officials interfered in effort to get lost Secret Service texts |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/02/secret-service-texts-jan-6-dhs-interfered-house-committees |website=The Guardian |access-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802171917/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/02/secret-service-texts-jan-6-dhs-interfered-house-committees |archive-date=August 2, 2022 |date=August 2, 2022 |url-status=live}}

On August 2, 2022, CNN reported that relevant text messages from January 6, 2021, were also deleted from the phones of Trump-appointed officials at the Pentagon, despite the fact that FOIA requests were filed days after the attack on the Capitol.{{cite news |last1=Sneed |first1=Tierney |last2=Cohen |first2=Zachary |title=First on CNN: Jan. 6 text messages wiped from phones of key Trump Pentagon officials |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/02/politics/defense-department-missing-january-6-texts/index.html |date=August 2, 2022 |work=CNN |access-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-date=August 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811054551/https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/02/politics/defense-department-missing-january-6-texts/index.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Demirjian |first1=Karoun |last2=Alemany |first2=Jacqueline |title=Phones of top Pentagon officials were wiped of Jan. 6 messages - The DOD is the latest part of the federal government to have deleted official phone communications relevant to investigations into the events of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/02/pentagon-jan-6-phones-wiped/ |date=August 2, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 3, 2022 |archive-date=August 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220803170817/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/02/pentagon-jan-6-phones-wiped/ |url-status=live }} The Secret Service was later reported to have been aware of online threats against lawmakers before the attack on the Capitol, according to documents obtained by the House select committee.{{Cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Zachary |last2=Wild |first2=Whitney |date=2022-10-16 |title=Secret Service documents handed over to January 6 committee show law enforcement discussed Capitol threats {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/15/politics/secret-service-january-6-threats/index.html |access-date=2022-10-16 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=October 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016005105/https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/15/politics/secret-service-january-6-threats/index.html |url-status=live }}

Trump's Save America PAC has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to lawyers representing over a dozen witnesses called by the committee.{{Cite news |last1=Broadwater |first1=Luke |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |last3=Karni |first3=Annie |last4=Feuer |first4=Alan |date=2022-06-30 |title=Trump Group Pays for Jan. 6 Lawyers, Raising Concerns of Witness Pressure |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/30/us/trump-jan-6-lawyers-witness-pressure.html |access-date=2022-07-02 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709114907/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/30/us/trump-jan-6-lawyers-witness-pressure.html |url-status=live }} On September 1, 2022, Trump said on a right-wing radio show that he had recently met supporters in his office. He said he was "financially supporting" them, adding: "It's a disgrace what they've done to them."{{Citation |title=Video: Trump says he's financially supporting Jan. 6 rioters in radio interview - CNN Video |date=September 2, 2022 |url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/09/02/trump-jan-6-rioters-financial-support-pardons-radio-sot-gavin-smith-nr-vpx.cnn |publication-date=September 2, 2022 |access-date=2022-09-03 |archive-date=September 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905023452/https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/09/02/trump-jan-6-rioters-financial-support-pardons-radio-sot-gavin-smith-nr-vpx.cnn |url-status=live }}

The American Conservative Union provided legal defense funds for some people who resist the committee. The organization said it only assisted people who do not cooperate with the committee and who opposed its mission, according to chairman Matt Schlapp.{{cite news|last1=Orr|first1=Gabby|last2=Grayer|first2=Annie|date=January 24, 2022|title=Trump's team is directing allies to a January 6 legal defense fund|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/24/politics/trump-january-6-legal-defense-fund/index.html|access-date=2022-01-24|website=CNN|archive-date=January 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125003405/https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/24/politics/trump-january-6-legal-defense-fund/index.html|url-status=live}}

Though the Republican National Committee had long insisted that the committee is invalid and should not be allowed to investigate, a federal judge found on May 1, 2022, that the committee's power is legitimate.{{cite news |last=Polantz |first=Katelyn |date=May 2, 2022 |title=Judge rules January 6 committee can obtain RNC and Trump campaign email data |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/02/politics/rnc-marketing-email-ruling-january-6-committee/index.html |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=CNN |archive-date=May 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509120228/https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/02/politics/rnc-marketing-email-ruling-january-6-committee/index.html |url-status=live }}

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On December 19, 2022, the committee criminally referred Trump to the DOJ for four suspected crimes.

• Obstruction of an Official Proceeding (18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)){{Cite web |date=2022-12-18 |title=Executive Summary |url=https://january6th.house.gov/report-executive-summary |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol |language=en |quote=Sufficient evidence exists of one or more potential violations of this statute for a criminal referral of President Trump and others. … In addition, the Committee believes sufficient evidence exists for a criminal referral of John Eastman and certain other Trump associates under 18 U.S.C. §1512(c). … The Committee notes that multiple Republican Members of Congress, including Representative Scott Perry, likely have material facts regarding President Trump’s plans to overturn the election. |archive-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220143737/https://january6th.house.gov/report-executive-summary |url-status=live }}
• Conspiracy to Defraud the United States (18 U.S.C. § 371){{Cite web |date=2022-12-18 |title=Executive Summary |url=https://january6th.house.gov/report-executive-summary |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol |language=en |quote=The Committee believes sufficient evidence exists for a criminal referral of President Trump and others under this statute. … In finding that President Trump, Eastman, and others engaged in conspiracy to defraud the United States under Section 371, Judge Carter relied on the documents at issue (largely consisting of Eastman’s own emails) and evidence presented to the court by this Committee. |archive-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220143737/https://january6th.house.gov/report-executive-summary |url-status=live }}
• Conspiracy to Make a False Statement (18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1001){{Cite web |date=2022-12-18 |title=Executive Summary |url=https://january6th.house.gov/report-executive-summary |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol |language=en |quote=President Trump, through others acting at his behest, submitted slates of fake electors to Congress and the National Archives. … The evidence suggests President Trump conspired with others to submit slates of fake electors to Congress and the National Archives. Sufficient evidence exists of a violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1001 for a criminal referral of President Trump and others. …President Trump (including acting through co-conspirators such as John Eastman and Kenneth Chesebro) relied on the existence of those fake electors as a basis for asserting that the Vice President could reject or delay certification of the Biden electors. Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel testified before this Committee that President Trump and Eastman directly requested that the RNC organize the effort to have these fake (i.e. Trump) electors meet and cast their votes. Thus, the Committee believes that sufficient evidence exists for a criminal referral of President Trump for illegally engaging in a conspiracy to violate Section 1001; the evidence indicates that he entered into an agreement with Eastman and others to make the false statement (the fake electoral certificates), by deceitful or dishonest means, and at least one member of the conspiracy engaged in at least one overt act in furtherance of the conspiracy (e.g. President Trump and Eastman’s call to Ronna McDaniel). |archive-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220143737/https://january6th.house.gov/report-executive-summary |url-status=live }}
• “Incite,” “Assist” or “Aid and Comfort” an Insurrection (18 U.S.C. § 2383){{Cite web |date=2022-12-18 |title=Executive Summary |url=https://january6th.house.gov/report-executive-summary |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol |language=en |quote=The Committee believes that sufficient evidence exists for a criminal referral of President Trump for 'assist[ing]' or 'ai[ding] and comfort[ing]' those at the Capitol who engaged in a violent attack on the United States. The Committee has developed significant evidence that President Trump intended to disrupt the peaceful transition of power and believes that the Department of Justice can likely elicit testimony relevant to an investigation under Section 2383. |archive-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220143737/https://january6th.house.gov/report-executive-summary |url-status=live }}

Simultaneously, the committee referred John Eastman to the DOJ for the first two of those same crimes. This move was supported by a June 7, 2022, ruling by Judge David Carter. Carter had decided that one email in John Eastman's possession, sent before January 6, contained likely evidence of a crime and that Eastman must disclose it to the House committee under the crime-fraud exception of attorney-client privilege.{{cite news |last1=Cheney |first1=Kyle |date=June 7, 2022 |title=Judge sends another trove of Eastman emails to Jan. 6 committee |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/07/judge-eastman-emails-jan-6-committee-00037999 |access-date=June 8, 2022 |archive-date=June 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612030657/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/07/judge-eastman-emails-jan-6-committee-00037999 |url-status=live }}

• Obstruction of an Official Proceeding (18 U.S.C. § 1512(c))
• Conspiracy to Defraud the United States (18 U.S.C. § 371)

The committee suggested that the DOJ look into two additional charges for Trump: conspiracy to prevent someone from holding office or performing the duties of their office, and seditious conspiracy. It noted that convictions on both of these charges had recently been delivered in the high-profile Oath Keepers trial.

• Other Conspiracy Statutes (18 U.S.C. §§ 372 and 2384){{Cite web |date=2022-12-18 |title=Executive Summary |url=https://january6th.house.gov/report-executive-summary |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol |language=en |quote=Depending on evidence developed by the Department of Justice, the President's actions with the knowledge of the risk of violence could also constitute a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 372 and § 2384, both of which require proof of a conspiracy. … The Department of Justice, through its investigative tools that exceed those of this Committee, may have evidence sufficient to prosecute President Trump under Sections 372 and 2384. Accordingly, we believe sufficient evidence exists for a criminal referral of President Trump under these two statutes. |archive-date=December 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220143737/https://january6th.house.gov/report-executive-summary |url-status=live }}

On August 1, 2023, a federal grand jury indicted Trump on four counts, three of which resemble the charges recommended by the House select committee. (Trump was not charged with incitement of insurrection.){{Cite web |last=Capelouto |first=J.D. |date=2023-08-02 |title=Why Jack Smith didn't charge Trump with inciting an insurrection {{!}} Semafor |url=https://www.semafor.com/article/08/02/2023/donald-trump-indictment-jack-smith-insurrection-charge |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=www.semafor.com |language=en |archive-date=December 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220161219/https://www.semafor.com/article/08/02/2023/donald-trump-indictment-jack-smith-insurrection-charge |url-status=live }} Additionally, among the co-conspirators identified in the indictment were four who'd been previously named by the House committee: John Eastman, Rudy Giuliani, Jeffrey Clark, and Kenneth Chesebro.{{Cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Zachary |last2=Sneed |first2=Tierney |date=2023-08-02 |title=Trump's latest indictment echoes January 6 committee findings {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/02/politics/january-6-committee-report-indictment/index.html |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=August 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803121217/https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/02/politics/january-6-committee-report-indictment/index.html |url-status=live }} Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges.{{cite news |last1=Kunzelman |first1=Michael |last2=Tucker |first2=Eric |last3=Merchant |first3=Nomaan |date=August 3, 2023 |title=Trump pleads not guilty to federal felonies related to the 2020 election |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-pleads-not-guilty-to-federal-felonies-related-to-the-2020-election |access-date=August 4, 2023 |work=PBS NewsHour |publisher=WETA}} A trial was scheduled but never held.{{Cite web |last1=Rabinowitz |first1=Hannah |last2=Lybrand |first2=Holmes |date=2023-08-28 |title=Judge sets Trump DC federal election subversion trial for March 4, 2024 — one day before Super Tuesday |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-indictment-2020-election-08-28-23/h_21a9c649218fefeea98e84e2643e470d |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828153315/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-indictment-2020-election-08-28-23/h_21a9c649218fefeea98e84e2643e470d |archive-date=August 28, 2023 |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=CNN |language=en}} In January 2025, the special counsel resigned.{{Cite web |last=Heuer |first=Mike |date=2025-01-11 |title=Federal prosecutor Jack Smith resigns ahead of Trump's inauguration |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/01/11/jack-smith-resignation/4401736633752 |access-date=2025-01-11 |website=United Press International |language=en |archive-date=January 11, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250111231146/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/01/11/jack-smith-resignation/4401736633752/ |url-status=live }} The special counsel's 137-page final report, dated January 7, 2025, was publicly released.{{Cite web |last=Buchman |first=Brandi |date=2025-01-14 |title=DOJ Releases Special Counsel Jack Smith's Findings In Trump Jan. 6 Probe |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-releases-special-counsel-jack-smiths-findings-in-trump-jan-6-probe_n_677fd5dae4b09fe8a981d328 |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=HuffPost |language=en |archive-date=January 15, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115194531/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-releases-special-counsel-jack-smiths-findings-in-trump-jan-6-probe_n_677fd5dae4b09fe8a981d328 |url-status=live }} In a footnote, it mentions that the special counsel had made use of the House select committee's December 2022 report "as well as certain materials received from the Committee," though "those materials comprised a small part of the Office's investigative record" and the special counsel had verified all facts it used when deciding to prosecute the case. Through the court process of discovery, the special counsel's office gave Trump's team access to "all materials received from the Select Committee." Noting that Trump had attempted to equate the House select committee and the Justice Department's special counsel's office, the special counsel points out that the district court had rejected this allegation as Trump had provided no "adequate basis" for it.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Jack |date=January 7, 2025 |title=Final report on the Special Counsel's investigations and prosecutions: Volume One: The Election Case. |url=https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/76c2c1e8fe2e5ae7/d2d77a9c-full.pdf |access-date=January 17, 2025 |website=static01.nyt.com |pages=93–94 |archive-date=January 18, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250118102517/https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/76c2c1e8fe2e5ae7/d2d77a9c-full.pdf |url-status=live }}

Under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, anyone who has "engaged" in insurrection is ineligible to hold public office, but it does not say how to prove this offense (e.g., if it bans only those who have been criminally convicted of insurrection) nor who deems a candidate ineligible to hold office and who enforces the ban.{{cite web |last=Dáte |first=S.V. |date=January 16, 2022 |title=Reconstruction-Era Law Could Keep Trump Off The Ballot In 6 Southern States |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-reconstruction-ballots_n_61e0e1b3e4b0e612f6f9b630 |website=HuffPost |language=en |access-date=January 16, 2022 |archive-date=January 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116191219/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-reconstruction-ballots_n_61e0e1b3e4b0e612f6f9b630 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Litman |first=Harry |date=January 21, 2022 |title=Will Madison Cawthorn Be Brought Down by 'Insurrection'? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/opinion/14th-amendment-madison-cawthorn.html |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=January 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122031129/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/opinion/14th-amendment-madison-cawthorn.html |url-status=live }} In early 2022, the eligibility of two candidates in North Carolina and Georgia was questioned, but ultimately not denied, on this basis.{{Cite news |last=Weisman |first=Jonathan |date=January 25, 2022 |title=Cawthorn Challenge Raises the Question: Who Is an 'Insurrectionist'? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/us/politics/madison-cawthorn-jan-6.html |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=April 10, 2022 |archive-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411005631/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/us/politics/madison-cawthorn-jan-6.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Papenfuss |first=Mary |date=April 19, 2022 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Loses Bid To Block Reelection Challenge Over U.S. Capitol Riot |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-madison-cawthorn-constitution-insurrection-free-speech-for-people_n_625e275ce4b0723f801c40d1 |website=HuffPost |language=en}} Later that year, a county commissioner from New Mexico became the first elected official since the Civil War era to be removed from office for participating in an insurrection.{{Cite web |last1=Rabinowitz |first1=Hannah |last2=Lybrand |first2=Holmes |last3=Bronstein |first3=Scott |date=September 6, 2022 |title=New Mexico county commissioner removed from elected office for role in US Capitol riot |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/06/politics/couy-griffin-new-mexico-january-6/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=September 6, 2022 |archive-date=September 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925223950/https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/06/politics/couy-griffin-new-mexico-january-6/index.html |url-status=live }} On December 15, 2022, House Democrats introduced a bill that would prevent Trump specifically from running for office again.{{Cite web |last=Papenfuss |first=Mary |date=December 16, 2022 |title=41 House Democrats Introduce Bill To Bar 'Insurrectionist' Trump From Presidency |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-cicilline-bill-bar-trump-presidency-jan-6-insurrection_n_639bf0d2e4b0f4895ada049a |website=HuffPost |language=en |access-date=December 16, 2022 |archive-date=May 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501142137/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-cicilline-bill-bar-trump-presidency-jan-6-insurrection_n_639bf0d2e4b0f4895ada049a |url-status=live }}nov 22 2022 [https://cicilline.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/cicilline.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/cicilline_14th-amd-bill_text.pdf A Bill To provide that Donald J. Trump is ineligible to again hold the office of President of the United States or to hold any office, civil or military, under the United States] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601073857/https://cicilline.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/cicilline.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/cicilline_14th-amd-bill_text.pdf |date=June 1, 2023 }}, H.R. 9578, 117th Cong. (December 15, 2022). See [https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/9578 here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712013546/https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/9578 |date=July 12, 2023 }} for more information. In 2023, lawsuits were filed in several states, and on December 19, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Trump should be removed from the ballot in that state, based on the 14th Amendment. However, on March 4, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that no states have the power to remove Trump from the ballot. The court decided that this power lies with Congress.{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Marshall |date=2023-12-20 |title=Takeaways from Colorado's historic ruling that Trump is ineligible for office based on 14th Amendment's 'insurrectionist ban' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/politics/takeaways-trump-colorado-supreme-court-14th-amendment-insurrection/index.html |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=December 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231220123727/https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/politics/takeaways-trump-colorado-supreme-court-14th-amendment-insurrection/index.html |url-status=live }}[https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/Supreme_Court/Opinions/2023/23SA300.pdf Order Affirmed in Part and Reversed in Part] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219232322/https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/Supreme_Court/Opinions/2023/23SA300.pdf |date=December 19, 2023 }}, Anderson v. Griswold, 2023 CO 63{{cite news |last=Sherman |first=Mark |date=March 4, 2024 |title=Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack |url=https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-insurrection-election-colorado-51e79c0f03013034c8a042cb278b6446 |access-date=March 4, 2024 |publisher=Associated Press |archive-date=March 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304052037/https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-insurrection-election-colorado-51e79c0f03013034c8a042cb278b6446 |url-status=live }} Trump ran for the presidency and was elected in November 2024. Upon his inauguration in January 2025, he pardoned well over a thousand people who had been convicted of offenses related to the riot. Only 14 were not pardoned, and he let them out of prison anyway by commuting their sentences to "time served".

The select committee's work also aided the State of Georgia's investigation into alleged solicitations of election fraud. On May 2, 2022, Fulton County's District Attorney Fani Willis opened a special grand jury to consider criminal charges,{{Cite news |last1=Eisen |first1=Norman |last2=Ayer |first2=Donald |date=May 2, 2022 |title=Will Trump Face a Legal Reckoning in Georgia? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/02/opinion/trump-georgia-fulton-county.html |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=May 2, 2022 |archive-date=May 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503195531/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/02/opinion/trump-georgia-fulton-county.html |url-status=live }} and on August 14, 2023, a Georgia grand jury indicted Trump on 13 counts.{{Cite web |last=Herb |first=Jeremy |date=August 15, 2023 |title=Giuliani faces 13 charges, more than any other defendant except Trump |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-fulton-county-georgia-08-14-23/h_e108773db827454c23e67edb058cdf1f |access-date=August 15, 2023 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=August 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815044323/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-fulton-county-georgia-08-14-23/h_e108773db827454c23e67edb058cdf1f |url-status=live }} The identities of Trump's 18 co-defendants{{Cite web |date=August 16, 2023 |title=Who's who in the landmark Fulton County indictment |url=https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/08/georgia-indictment-defendants-list-dg/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |website=www.cnn.com |language=en |archive-date=August 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822132113/https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/08/georgia-indictment-defendants-list-dg/ |url-status=live }} and 30 unindicted co-conspirators{{Cite news |last=Joyner |first=Chris |title=Who are the 30 unindicted co-conspirators in Trump Fulton County case? |language=English |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/who-are-the-30-unindicted-co-conspirators-in-trump-fulton-county-case/P4UZSMM3QFFVLLSNOEON6JKQPM/ |access-date=2023-08-22 |issn=1539-7459 |archive-date=August 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821235121/https://www.ajc.com/news/who-are-the-30-unindicted-co-conspirators-in-trump-fulton-county-case/P4UZSMM3QFFVLLSNOEON6JKQPM/ |url-status=live }} significantly overlap with the people identified by the House committee. In particular, Chesebro was charged with seven felonies related to electoral vote obstruction, and he pleaded guilty to one of them: conspiracy to file false documents.{{Cite news |last=Wicker |first=Jewel |date=2023-10-20 |title=Pro-Trump lawyer accepts plea deal in Georgia 'fake electors' case |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/20/kenneth-chesebro-plea-deal-fulton-county-racketeering-case |access-date=2023-10-20 |issn=0261-3077}}

On July 18, 2023, Michigan indicted 16 people who signed fake documents. At least two, Kathy Berden and Mayra Rodriguez, had been interviewed by the select committee.

On December 5, 2023, Nevada indicted six people in the fake elector scheme. At least two, Michael J. McDonald and James DeGraffenreid, had been interviewed by the select committee.

On April 23, 2024, Arizona indicted eleven fake electors and seven Trump allies. The Trump allies were Christina Bobb, John Eastman, Jenna Ellis, Boris Epshteyn, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Mike Roman. The indictment also described five unindicted coconspirators, including Trump and Chesebro.{{Cite news |last1=Cheney |first1=Kyle |last2=Woodruff |first2=Betsy |date=April 24, 2024 |title=Arizona grand jury indicts Meadows, Giuliani, other Trump allies for 2020 election interference |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/24/arizona-election-indictments-giuliani-meadows-trump-00154241 |access-date=April 25, 2024 |work=Politico |archive-date=April 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240425001701/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/24/arizona-election-indictments-giuliani-meadows-trump-00154241 |url-status=live }}

On June 4, 2024, Wisconsin indicted three people, including Chesebro.

In late December 2022, anticipating that the new Congress to be seated in January would not allow it to continue its work, the committee released many of its witness testimony transcripts.

On December 21, the committee released the first batch. The transcripts detailed testimony from 34 witnesses who mostly invoked the Fifth Amendment and avoided answering questions, including:

• former acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division Jeffrey Clark
• Trump campaign lawyer John Eastman
• conservative attorney Jenna Ellis
• former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn
• Trump ally Roger Stone
• Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes
• Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio
• conservative radio host Alex Jones
• Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward
• white nationalist Nick Fuentes{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3784642-jan-6-panel-releases-transcripts-for-first-34-witness-testimonies/|title=Jan. 6 panel releases transcripts for first 34 witness testimonies|first=Mychael|last=Schnell|work=The Hill|date=December 22, 2022|access-date=December 22, 2022|archive-date=December 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222050619/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3784642-jan-6-panel-releases-transcripts-for-first-34-witness-testimonies/|url-status=live}}

On December 22, more transcripts were released. They revealed that Cassidy Hutchinson had given additional testimony on September 14–15, 2022, in which she claimed that Trump allies, including her "Trump world" attorney Stefan Passantino, had pressured her not to talk to the committee.{{cite web|url=https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220914_Cassidy%20J.%20Hutchinson%20REDACTED.pdf|title=Interview of:Cassidy Hutchinson. Wednesday, September 14, 2022|publisher=Select Committee To Investigate The January 6th Attack On The U.S. Capitol, U.S. House Of Representatives|access-date=December 22, 2022|archive-date=December 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222155827/https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220914_Cassidy%20J.%20Hutchinson%20REDACTED.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220915_Cassidy%20J.%20Hutchinson%20REDACTED2_Redacted2_1.pdf|title=Interview of:Cassidy Hutchinson. Thursday, September 15, 2022|publisher=Select Committee To Investigate The January 6th Attack On The U.S. Capitol, U.S. House Of Representatives|access-date=December 22, 2022|archive-date=December 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222155836/https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220915_Cassidy%20J.%20Hutchinson%20REDACTED2_Redacted2_1.pdf|url-status=live}} (Passantino would later sue the committee for $67 million in damages to his reputation. He was represented by Jesse Binall.){{Cite news |last=Wickert |first=David |date=April 12, 2023 |title=Georgia attorney seeks $67 million in damages from Jan. 6 committee |language=English |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-attorney-seeks-damages-from-jan-6-committee/34NKPY2QIVCMTOCDCHP4ZL3BII/ |access-date=2023-09-16 |issn=1539-7459 |archive-date=October 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005145311/https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-attorney-seeks-damages-from-jan-6-committee/34NKPY2QIVCMTOCDCHP4ZL3BII/ |url-status=live }}

On December 23, 46 more interview transcripts were released, including:

• Trump's daughter Ivanka
• former Attorney General Bill Barr
• former White House counsel Pat Cipollone
• former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen
• former White House communications director Hope Hicks
• former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany
• Trump-backed attorney Sidney Powell
• Marc Short, chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/jan-6-committee-releases-round-interview-transcripts/story?id=95755520|title=Jan. 6 committee releases 46 more interview transcripts from probe|first=Katherine|last=Faulders|publisher=ABC News|date=December 23, 2022|access-date=December 23, 2022|archive-date=December 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223234306/https://abcnews.go.com/US/jan-6-committee-releases-round-interview-transcripts/story?id=95755520|url-status=live}}

On December 30, the committee released more transcripts.{{Cite news |last=Epstein |first=Kayla |date=2022-12-31 |title=Ginni Thomas: US Supreme Court justice's wife says she regret her post-election texts |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64131149 |access-date=2023-08-14 |archive-date=December 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231084158/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64131149 |url-status=live }}

The House select committee began its investigation with a preliminary public hearing on July 27, 2021, called "The Law Enforcement Experience on January 6th".{{cite web |date=July 27, 2021 |title=07/27/21 Select Committee Hearing |url=https://january6th.house.gov/legislation/hearings/law-enforcement-experience-january-6th |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol |language=en |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707145248/https://january6th.house.gov/legislation/hearings/law-enforcement-experience-january-6th |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=The Law Enforcement Experience on January 6th [2021] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifrw-2pqG7s |date=July 27, 2021 |work=YouTube |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708080412/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifrw-2pqG7s |url-status=live }} Capitol and District of Columbia police testified, describing their personal experiences on the day of the attack, and graphic video footage was shown.{{cite news |title=January 6 Committee Meeting with Capitol and D.C. Police |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?513434-1/capitol-dc-police-testify-january-6-attack |date=July 27, 2021 |work=C-SPAN |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707183917/https://www.c-span.org/video/?513434-1/capitol-dc-police-testify-january-6-attack |url-status=live }}

File:Introductory Material to the Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.pdf

File:Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol.pdfOn December 22, 2022, the final report was published online.{{cite news |last1=Broadwater |first1=Luke |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |date=December 22, 2022 |title=Jan. 6 Panel Issues Final Report, Placing Blame for Capitol Riot on 'One Man' |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/us/politics/jan-6-committee-report.html |access-date=December 23, 2022 |archive-date=December 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223030025/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/us/politics/jan-6-committee-report.html |url-status=live }} The report was final because the committee itself expired two weeks later when the 117th Congress ended.{{Cite web |last1=Diaz |first1=Daniella |last2=Cole |first2=Devan |date=2022-09-04 |title=Raskin says January 6 committee will release its report 'by the end of the year' {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/04/politics/jamie-raskin-january-6-committee-report/index.html |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=September 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904215728/https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/04/politics/jamie-raskin-january-6-committee-report/index.html |url-status=live }}

Several publishing houses printed it. An edition by Penguin Random House had a foreword by Schiff,{{Cite web |title=The January 6th Report by The January 6 Select Committee |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/727182/the-january-6th-report-by-the-january-6-select-committee/ |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=PenguinRandomhouse.com |language=en-US |archive-date=August 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814235309/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/727182/the-january-6th-report-by-the-january-6-select-committee/ |url-status=live }} one by Celadon Books had a preface by David Remnick and an epilogue by Raskin,{{Cite web |date=2022-03-16 |title=The January 6th Report |url=https://celadonbooks.com/book/the-january-6th-report/ |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=Celadon Books |language=en-US |archive-date=August 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815000810/https://celadonbooks.com/book/the-january-6th-report/ |url-status=live }} and one by HarperCollins had an introduction by Ari Melber.{{Cite web |title=The January 6 Report |url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-january-6-report?variant=40828484550690 |access-date=2023-02-18 |website=HarperCollins |language=en |archive-date=February 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218163209/https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-january-6-report?variant=40828484550690 |url-status=live }}

In October 2022, Representative Lofgren said the committee would likely provide an unredacted version of its final report to the DOJ at the same time the public received a redacted version.{{cite web |date=October 21, 2022 |title=Trump is 'Legally Obligated to Come in and Testify' Says Rep. Lofgren |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWY2sUrOTbs |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=YouTube |publisher=MSNBC |archive-date=October 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025160017/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWY2sUrOTbs |url-status=live }} In December, Representative Schiff said the committee would publish its evidence so the newly elected Republican-majority House of Representatives (soon to be sworn in for the 118th Congress) could not "cherry-pick certain evidence and mislead the country with some false narrative."{{Cite news |last=Inskeep |first=Steve |date=7 December 2022 |title=Rep. Adam Schiff on what the Jan. 6 committee wants to achieve before the year ends |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/12/07/1141180477/rep-adam-schiff-on-what-the-jan-6-committee-wants-to-achieve-before-the-year-end |access-date=2022-12-10 |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210195320/https://www.npr.org/2022/12/07/1141180477/rep-adam-schiff-on-what-the-jan-6-committee-wants-to-achieve-before-the-year-end |url-status=live }}

As the committee wrapped up its work in late 2022, the writers of the final report were directed to focus more on Trump's alleged crimes (as researched by the "Gold Team" and revealed in the public hearings) and less on law enforcement's failure to address radicalization, armed groups, and violent threats.{{Cite web |last1=Dilanian, Ryan J. |first1=Ken |last2=Reilly |first2=Ryan J. |last3=Allen |first3=Jonathan |date=11 November 2022 |title=Jan. 6 committee staffers told preliminary plan for final report would focus largely on Trump, not on law enforcement failures, sources say |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jan-6-committee-staffers-told-preliminary-plan-final-report-focus-larg-rcna56802 |access-date=2022-11-13 |website=NBC News |language=en |archive-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113171218/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jan-6-committee-staffers-told-preliminary-plan-final-report-focus-larg-rcna56802 |url-status=live }} Some committee staff expressed concerns that Vice Chair Liz Cheney wanted an anti-Trump report to bolster her own political future. Another person quoted by The Washington Post anonymously rebutted that notion, saying that Cheney was striving to produce a narrative more compelling than that of "the Mueller report, which nobody read".{{Cite news |last=Alemany |first=Jacqueline |date=23 November 2022 |title=Jan. 6 panel staff angry at Cheney for focusing too much of report on Trump |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://wapo.st/3gys8vw |access-date=23 November 2022}} On November 27, 2022, Representative Schiff said the committee members hadn't yet reached consensus on the report's focus but also were "close to the putting down the pen".{{Cite web |last=Diaz |first=Daniella |date=2022-11-27 |title=Schiff says January 6 committee will decide what goes in the final report 'in a collaborative manner' {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/27/politics/adam-schiff-january-6-committee-report-cnntv/index.html |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127181328/https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/27/politics/adam-schiff-january-6-committee-report-cnntv/index.html |url-status=live }}

Before the November 2022 midterm elections, the committee held public hearings but did not yet release any written report.{{Cite news |last=Walsh |first=Deirdre |date=2022-06-02 |title=Jan. 6 panel promises 'previously unseen material' in prime-time hearing on June 9 |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102642702/jan-6-panel-promises-previously-unseen-material-in-prime-time-hearing-on-june-9 |access-date=2022-06-06 |archive-date=June 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611193159/https://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102642702/jan-6-panel-promises-previously-unseen-material-in-prime-time-hearing-on-june-9 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last1=Alemany |first1=Jacqueline |last2=Hamburger |first2=Tom |date=December 27, 2021 |title=Committee investigating Jan. 6 attack plans to begin a more public phase of its work in the new year |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/january-6-attack-investigation/2021/12/27/e2c37488-62d4-11ec-8ce3-9454d0b46d42_story.html |access-date=December 28, 2021 |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228211923/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/january-6-attack-investigation/2021/12/27/e2c37488-62d4-11ec-8ce3-9454d0b46d42_story.html |url-status=live }}

On December 19, 2022, the same day it made the criminal referrals, the committee published an "Executive Summary" as an introduction to its final report. It outlined 17 findings central to its reasoning for criminal referrals.{{Cite web |last1=Sangal |first1=Aditi |last2=Hammond |first2=Elise |last3=Chowdhury |first3=Maureen |last4=Vogt |first4=Adrienne |last5=Hayes |first5=Mike |date=2022-12-21 |title=What the House Jan. 6 committee revealed in the final report summary |url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jan-6-committee-final-report/h_d64a5240add8520ad5792d254d2f6df2 |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=December 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221141052/https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jan-6-committee-final-report/h_d64a5240add8520ad5792d254d2f6df2 |url-status=live }} Paraphrased, they are:{{Cite web|date=December 22, 2022 |title=Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-J6-REPORT/pdf/GPO-J6-REPORT.pdf |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=govinfo.gov |pages=4–7 |archive-date=July 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729165626/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-J6-REPORT/pdf/GPO-J6-REPORT.pdf |url-status=live }}

1. Trump lied about election fraud for the purpose of staying in power and asking for money.
2. Ignoring the rulings of over 60 federal and state courts, he plotted to overturn the election.
3. He pressured Pence to illegally refuse to certify the election.
4. He tried to corrupt and weaponize the Justice Department to keep himself in power.
5. He pressured state legislators and officials to give different election results.
6. He perpetrated the fake electors scheme.
7. He pressured members of Congress to object to real electors.
8. He approved federal court filings with fake information about voter fraud.
9. He summoned the mob and told them to march on the Capitol, knowing some were armed.
10. He tweeted negatively about Pence at 2:24 p.m. on January 6, 2021, inciting more violence.
11. He spent the afternoon watching television, despite his advisers’ pleas for him to stop the violence.
12. This was all part of a conspiracy to overturn the election.
13. Intelligence and law enforcement warned the Secret Service about Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.
14. The violence wasn't caused by left-wing groups.
15. Intelligence didn't know that Trump himself had plotted with John Eastman and Rudy Giuliani.
16. In advance of January 6, the Capitol Police didn't act on their police chief's suggestion to request backup from the National Guard.
17. On January 6, the Defense Secretary, not Trump, called the National Guard.

The report placed blame on "one man", former U.S. President Donald Trump, for inciting the riot. It provided detail about a robust, organized campaign to assemble and deliver a bogus slate of electors and named lesser known Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro as the plot's architect.{{cite news |date=December 23, 2022 |title=Highlights from the Jan. 6 committee's final report on the Capitol attack |publisher=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jan-6-committee-unveils-final-report-capping-18-month-probe-rcna62629 |access-date=December 23, 2022 |archive-date=December 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223073515/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jan-6-committee-unveils-final-report-capping-18-month-probe-rcna62629 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |last2=Savage |first2=Charlie |last3=Broadwater |first3=Luke |title=Previously Secret Memo Laid Out Strategy for Trump to Overturn Biden's Win - The House Jan. 6 committee's investigation did not uncover the memo, whose existence first came to light in last week's indictment. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/us/politics/trump-indictment-fake-electors-memo.html |date=August 8, 2023 |work=The New York Times |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230809142035/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/us/politics/trump-indictment-fake-electors-memo.html |archivedate=August 9, 2023 |accessdate=August 10, 2023 }} According to the final report, Donald Trump "sought to corrupt the US Department of Justice" by pleading with department officials to make false statements regarding the presidential elections, had failed to deploy the DC National Guard during the attack despite having the authority to do so, and made "multiple efforts" to contact witnesses summoned to testify before the House Select Committee.{{Cite web |author=Guardian Staff |date=2022-12-23 |title=The 17 findings in the January 6 committee's final report |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/23/the-17-findings-in-the-january-6-committees-final-report |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-12-23 |title=Trump made "multiple efforts" to contact Jan. 6 committee witnesses—Report |url=https://www.newsweek.com/trump-made-multiple-efforts-contact-jan-6-committee-witnessesreport-1769228 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=Newsweek |language=en |archive-date=January 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105051203/https://www.newsweek.com/trump-made-multiple-efforts-contact-jan-6-committee-witnessesreport-1769228 |url-status=live }} The report accused Donald Trump of engaging in a criminal “multi-part conspiracy” to overturn the results of the 2020 election."{{Cite web |last=Reilly |first=Patrick |date=2022-12-23 |title=Jan. 6 committee releases final report on Capitol riot |url=https://nypost.com/2022/12/22/jan-6-committee-releases-final-report-on-capitol-riot/ |access-date=2023-01-11 |language=en-US |archive-date=January 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111053030/https://nypost.com/2022/12/22/jan-6-committee-releases-final-report-on-capitol-riot/ |url-status=live }}

In the two months between the election and the Capitol attack, Trump allies engaged in “at least 200 apparent acts of public or private outreach, pressure, or condemnation” of state election officials. They had 68 communications with those officials (including meetings, phone calls, and texts), and they made 125 social media posts about those officials.{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Zachary |date=2022-12-23 |title=Jan. 6 committee releases final report, says Trump should be barred from office |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/22/politics/jan-6-committee-final-report/index.html |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=CNN Politics |language=en |archive-date=January 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116021456/https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/22/politics/jan-6-committee-final-report/index.html |url-status=live }}

According to the committee's original authorization, it was supposed to terminate 30 days after filing its final report. The 118th Congress convened two weeks after the committee published the report, rendering the 30-day timeframe irrelevant.

• July 27: The committee held its first public hearing, featuring testimony from four police officers who were in the front line as rioters attacked the Capitol.{{cite web|date=2021-07-26|title=First Jan. 6 select committee hearing gives cops spotlight|url=https://www.rollcall.com/2021/07/26/first-jan-6-select-committee-hearing-gives-cops-spotlight/|access-date=2021-07-27|website=Roll Call|language=en|archive-date=September 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210912121311/https://www.rollcall.com/2021/07/26/first-jan-6-select-committee-hearing-gives-cops-spotlight/|url-status=live}}
• Daniel Hodges, a Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia officer, said he was crushed in a doorway between rioters and a police line.{{efn|The rioter who pinned him with a riot shield pled not guilty and was convicted a year later. "[https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/investigations/ridgefield-man-found-guilty-on-multiple-charges-in-connection-to-jan-6-riot/2871100/ Ridgefield Man Found Guilty on Multiple Charges in Connection to Jan. 6 Riot]", NBC Connecticut, September 13, 2022. Accessed December 19, 2022.}}{{cite news|last1=Cohen|first1=Zachary|last2=Cohen|first2=Marshall|title=The January 6 select committee will hear from 4 police officers Tuesday. Here are their stories.|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/26/politics/witness-list-january-6-committee-hearing/index.html|access-date=2021-07-27|website=CNN|date=July 26, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110045228/https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/26/politics/witness-list-january-6-committee-hearing/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Kelsie|last2=Caldwell|first2=Travis|title=Disturbing video shows officer crushed against door by mob attacking the Capitol|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/09/us/officer-crushed-capitol-riot-video/index.html|access-date=2021-07-27|website=CNN|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110045245/https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/09/us/officer-crushed-capitol-riot-video/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=2021-07-20|title=Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol to Hold First Hearing July 27th|url=https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases/select-committee-investigate-january-6th-attack-united-states-capitol-hold-first|access-date=2021-07-27|website=Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol|language=en|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110011701/https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases/select-committee-investigate-january-6th-attack-united-states-capitol-hold-first|url-status=live}}
• Michael Fanone, a Metropolitan Police Department officer, said rioters pulled him into the crowd, beat him with a flagpole, stole his badge, repeatedly tased him with his taser and went for his gun.{{cite news|last=Cohen|first=Zachary|title=Exclusive: Newly obtained bodycam footage shows moment DC police officer attacked by pro-Trump rioters|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/politics/dc-police-officer-fanone-bodycam-footage-cnntv/index.html|access-date=2021-07-27|website=CNN|archive-date=November 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107160838/https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/politics/dc-police-officer-fanone-bodycam-footage-cnntv/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=LeBlanc|first1=Paul|last2=Kelly|first2=Caroline|title=DC police officer: 'It's been very difficult' seeing elected officials trying to whitewash brutal insurrection|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/27/politics/fanone-dc-police-us-capitol-insurrection-cnntv/index.html|access-date=2021-07-27|website=CNN|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110050248/https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/27/politics/fanone-dc-police-us-capitol-insurrection-cnntv/index.html|url-status=live}} He criticized those who downplayed the attack.
• Harry Dunn, a private first class of the U.S. Capitol Police, spoke about the racial abuse he and other officers experienced during the attack.
• Aquilino Gonell, a U.S. Capitol Police sergeant, said he was beaten with a flagpole and chemically sprayed.

• August 23: Committee investigators reportedly planned to seek phone records of multiple people, including members of Congress.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/23/politics/january-6-house-committee-phone-records-members-of-congress/index.html|title=House committee plans to seek phone records in probe of January 6, including from members of Congress|last1=Cohen|first1=Zachary|last2=Nobles|first2=Ryan|last3=Grayer|first3=Annie|last4=Wild|first4=Whitney|website=CNN|access-date=August 25, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110021557/https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/23/politics/january-6-house-committee-phone-records-members-of-congress/index.html|url-status=live}}
• August 25: The committee sought records of at least 30 members of Trump's inner circle from seven government agencies and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), which preserves White House communication records. The committee's letter explained it was repeating requests that "multiple committees of the House of Representatives" had made on March 25, 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/25/jan-6-committee-demands-huge-trove-of-trump-white-house-records.html|title=Jan. 6 committee demands a huge trove of Trump White House records|first=Christina|last=Wilkie|date=August 25, 2021|website=CNBC|access-date=August 26, 2021|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019014823/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/25/jan-6-committee-demands-huge-trove-of-trump-white-house-records.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Bennie |title=Letter to U.S. National Archives and Records Administration |url=https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/NARA.8.25.pdf |publisher=Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol |access-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108135428/https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/NARA.8.25.pdf |url-status=live }} (Several weeks later, it was revealed that they specifically sought records from White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and some Republican members of Congress.){{cite web |last=Lowell |first=Hugo |date=2021-09-13 |title=Trump's White House chief of staff is target of Capitol attack records request |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/13/mark-meadows-records-trump-capitol-attack-committee |access-date=2021-09-22 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=October 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020211345/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/13/mark-meadows-records-trump-capitol-attack-committee |url-status=live }}
• August 27: The committee demanded records from 15 social media companies going back to the spring of 2020.{{cite web|last1=Breuninger|first1=Kevin|last2=Wilkie|first2=Christina|date=2021-08-27|title=Congressional panel investigating Jan. 6 insurrection demands records from Facebook, Twitter, other tech firms|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/27/congressional-committee-investigating-jan-6-insurrection-demands-records-from-facebook-twitter-and-other-tech-giants.html|access-date=2021-08-30|website=CNBC|language=en|archive-date=August 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827184430/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/27/congressional-committee-investigating-jan-6-insurrection-demands-records-from-facebook-twitter-and-other-tech-giants.html|url-status=live}}

The committee sought to identify whether the White House was involved in planning the Capitol attack and whether Trump personally had advance knowledge of it.{{cite web|last=Lowell|first=Hugo|date=2021-09-01|title=Capitol riot inquiry to investigate whether Trump's White House was involved in attack|url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/31/capitol-riot-white-house-donald-trump|access-date=2021-09-01|website=The Guardian US|language=en|archive-date=November 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109194442/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/31/capitol-riot-white-house-donald-trump|url-status=live}} The committee considered issuing subpoenas for call records or testimony of senior Trump administration officials including Meadows, Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino and former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale.{{cite web |last=Lowell |first=Hugo |date=2021-09-22 |title=Capitol attack panel said to be considering subpoenas to Trump White House aides |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/21/capitol-attack-panel-trump-white-house-aides |access-date=2021-09-22 |website=The Guardian US |language=en |archive-date=October 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025104431/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/21/capitol-attack-panel-trump-white-house-aides |url-status=live }}

• September 23: The committee issued subpoenas to Meadows, Scavino, chief strategist Steve Bannon, and Pentagon official and former Devin Nunes aide Kash Patel.{{cite web|last1=Cheney|first1=Kyle|last2=Wu|first2=Nicholas|date=September 23, 2021|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/23/jan-6-committee-subpoenas-four-from-trumps-inner-circle-513989|title=Jan. 6 committee subpoenas four from Trump's inner circle|website=Politico|access-date=September 23, 2021|archive-date=October 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023115837/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/23/jan-6-committee-subpoenas-four-from-trumps-inner-circle-513989|url-status=live}} Documents were demanded by October 7.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/05/politics/house-committee-january-6-subpoena-serve-dan-scavino/index.html|title=House committee investigating January 6 can't find Trump aide to serve subpoena|last1=Nobles|first1=Ryan|last2=Cohen|first2=Zachary|last3=Grayer|first3=Annie|website=CNN|access-date=October 8, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021151641/https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/05/politics/house-committee-january-6-subpoena-serve-dan-scavino/index.html|url-status=live}} Bannon and Patel were instructed to testify on October 14, and Meadows and Scavino on October 15.{{cite web|last=Boboltz|first=Sara|date=2021-10-07|title=Trump Told 4 Officials To Ignore Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena: Report|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-told-4-officials-to-ignore-jan-6-committee-subpoena-report_n_615f39d4e4b09f3389725fc1|access-date=2021-10-07|website=HuffPost|language=en|archive-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007232357/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-told-4-officials-to-ignore-jan-6-committee-subpoena-report_n_615f39d4e4b09f3389725fc1|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last1=Alemany|first1=Jacqueline|last2=Meyer|first2=Theodoric|date=October 12, 2021|title=We still don't know if Mark Meadows and Kash Patel will comply with Jan. 6 subpoenas|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/12/we-still-dont-know-if-mark-meadows-kash-patel-will-comply-with-jan-6-subpoenas/|access-date=October 18, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110015559/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/12/we-still-dont-know-if-mark-meadows-kash-patel-will-comply-with-jan-6-subpoenas/|url-status=live}} Trump and his attorneys instructed the four aides (as was reported two weeks later) to defy the orders and provide neither documents nor testimony.
• September 29: Amy Kremer and ten others affiliated with her organization Women for America First, which held the permit for the Stop the Steal rally that preceded the Capitol attack, were subpoenaed by the committee.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/29/politics/january-6-subpoenas-stop-the-steal-rally/index.html|title=January 6 committee targets organizers of Stop the Steal rally in latest batch of subpoenas|last1=Grayer|first1=Annie|last2=Nobles|first2=Ryan|last3=Wild|first3=Whitney|last4=Cohen|first4=Zachary|website=CNN|date=September 29, 2021|access-date=September 29, 2021|archive-date=October 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014101056/https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/29/politics/january-6-subpoenas-stop-the-steal-rally/index.html|url-status=live}} Among these eleven people was Katrina Pierson, national spokesperson for Trump's 2016 campaign.

• October 7: As the committee issued further subpoenas to Stop the Steal LLC, Stop the Steal campaign organizer Ali Alexander, and fellow rally organizer Nathan Martin,{{cite news|last1=Grayer|first1=Annie|last2=Cohen|first2=Zachary|last3=Nobles|first3=Ryan|last4=Wild|first4=Whitney|date=October 7, 2021|title=January 6 committee issues new subpoenas for 2 leaders of 'Stop the Steal' group|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/07/politics/january-6-committee-subpoenas-stop-the-steal/index.html|access-date=2021-10-07|website=CNN|archive-date=October 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024085506/https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/07/politics/january-6-committee-subpoenas-stop-the-steal/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Lowell|first=Hugo|date=2021-10-07|title=House Capitol attack panel subpoenas key planners of 'Stop the Steal' rally|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/07/house-capitol-attack-committee-subpoenas|access-date=2021-10-09|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=October 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020084808/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/07/house-capitol-attack-committee-subpoenas|url-status=live}} Trump announced he would assert executive privilege to withhold the documents the committee had requested in August.{{cite news|last1=Nobles|first1=Ryan|last2=Polantz|first2=Katelyn|last3=Perez|first3=Evan|last4=LeBlanc|first4=Paul|date=October 7, 2021|title=Trump indicates he will try to assert executive privilege to prevent House investigators from getting information|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/07/politics/trump-executive-privilege-house-subpoena/index.html|website=CNN|access-date=October 8, 2021|archive-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104150027/https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/07/politics/trump-executive-privilege-house-subpoena/index.html|url-status=live}}
• October 8:
• White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says Biden would not honor Trump's request to assert executive privilege to stop NARA from providing these documents.{{cite news|last1=Hamburger|first1=Tom|last2=Alemany|first2=Jacqueline|last3=Dawsey|first3=Josh|date=October 8, 2021|title=Biden rejects Trump's request to withhold documents from House committee investigating Jan. 6 attack|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bannon-refuses-jan6-committee-subpoena/2021/10/08/337c23d6-284f-11ec-9de8-156fed3e81bf_story.html|access-date=October 8, 2021|archive-date=October 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008195306/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bannon-refuses-jan6-committee-subpoena/2021/10/08/337c23d6-284f-11ec-9de8-156fed3e81bf_story.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Perez|first=Evan|date=October 8, 2021|title=Biden refuses to assert privilege over Trump documents sought by January 6 committee|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/08/politics/white-house-privilege-january-6-committee/index.html|access-date=October 8, 2021|website=CNN|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110072715/https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/08/politics/white-house-privilege-january-6-committee/index.html|url-status=live}} Nevertheless, Trump writes NARA asserting privilege over about forty documents. The same day, White House counsel Dana Remus advises NARA archivist David Ferriero that the challenged documents were to be released following a 30-day courtesy warning to Trump.{{cite news|last=Collins|first=Kaitlan|date=October 13, 2021|title=White House rejects Trump's latest executive privilege request|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/13/politics/trump-biden-executive-privilege-january-6/index.html|website=CNN|access-date=October 13, 2021|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102074106/https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/13/politics/trump-biden-executive-privilege-january-6/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/10/13/second-letter-from-dana-a-remus-counsel-to-the-president-to-david-ferriero-archivist-of-the-united-states-dated-october-8-2021/|title=Second Letter from Dana A. Remus, Counsel to the President, to David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, dated October 8, 2021|date=October 13, 2021|website=The White House|access-date=October 13, 2021|archive-date=November 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106091821/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/10/13/second-letter-from-dana-a-remus-counsel-to-the-president-to-david-ferriero-archivist-of-the-united-states-dated-october-8-2021/|url-status=live}}
• A lawyer for Bannon says in a letter to the committee that Bannon would not comply with the subpoena for his testimony, because Trump had asserted executive privilege and instructed him to defy the subpoena.{{cite news|last1=Murray|first1=Sara|last2=Polantz|first2=Katelyn|last3=Nobles|first3=Ryan|date=October 8, 2021|title=Bannon to defy subpoena from January 6 committee, citing Trump's 'direction'|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/08/politics/trump-associates-january-6-subpoena/index.html|access-date=2021-10-08|website=CNN|archive-date=November 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109010418/https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/08/politics/trump-associates-january-6-subpoena/index.html|url-status=live}}
• October 13: The committee subpoenas Jeffrey Clark and schedules him to provide documents and testimony later in the month. As assistant attorney general, Clark angled for a promotion to attorney general by promising Trump he would help overturn the election results. Former acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen, who resisted Clark's efforts to interfere with the election outcome, is interviewed by the committee.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/13/politics/january-6-committee-jeffrey-clark-subpoena/index.html|title=January 6 committee subpoenas former DOJ official who pushed election fraud lie, plans to interview another who pushed back|last1=Grayer|first1=Annie|last2=Nobles|first2=Ryan|last3=Cohen|first3=Zachary|last4=Wild|first4=Whitney|website=CNN|access-date=October 13, 2021|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102031831/https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/13/politics/january-6-committee-jeffrey-clark-subpoena/index.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/13/rosen-jan-6-committee-515910|title=Rosen, former acting AG under Trump, appears before Jan. 6 committee|first=Betsy Woodruff|last=Swan|website=Politico|date=October 13, 2021|access-date=October 13, 2021|archive-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108084544/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/13/rosen-jan-6-committee-515910|url-status=live}}
• October 14: After Bannon does not appear for his scheduled deposition, the committee says it would initiate proceedings to hold Bannon in criminal contempt.{{cite news|last1=Cohen|first1=Zachary|last2=Polantz|first2=Katelyn|last3=Nobles|first3=Ryan|last4=Grayer|first4=Annie|last5=Wild|first5=Whitney|date=October 14, 2021|title=January 6 panel moves to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/14/politics/steve-bannon-deposition-deadline/index.html|access-date=2021-10-14|website=CNN|archive-date=October 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014215116/https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/14/politics/steve-bannon-deposition-deadline/index.html|url-status=live}} The committee also announces that Patel and Meadows were "engaging" with their investigation, and postpones both their depositions scheduled for October 14 and 15 respectively. Scavino, meanwhile, also has his October 15 deposition postponed because the committee was unable to locate him,{{cite news|last1=Nobles|first1=Ryan|last2=Cohen|first2=Zachary|last3=Grayer|first3=Annie|date=October 6, 2021|title=House committee investigating January 6 can't find Trump aide to serve subpoena|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/05/politics/house-committee-january-6-subpoena-serve-dan-scavino/index.html|access-date=2021-10-09|website=CNN|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021151641/https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/05/politics/house-committee-january-6-subpoena-serve-dan-scavino/index.html|url-status=live}} and he did not formally receive the subpoena until October 8.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/us/politics/steve-bannon-capitol-riot.html|title=Jan. 6 Panel Threatens to Pursue Charges Against Bannon|first1=Maggie|last1=Haberman|first2=Luke|last2=Broadwater|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 8, 2021|access-date=October 8, 2021|archive-date=October 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022113653/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/us/politics/steve-bannon-capitol-riot.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Nobles|first1=Ryan|last2=Grayer|first2=Annie|last3=Wild|first3=Whitney|last4=Cohen|first4=Zachary|date=2021-10-14|title=Jan. 6 committee agrees to postpone appearances by Meadows, Patel and Scavino|url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jan-6-committee-deposition-deadlines-10-14-21/h_72a2bd0a0a5d29ec38644b89d05b65d6|access-date=2021-10-16|website=CNN|language=en|archive-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108205905/https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jan-6-committee-deposition-deadlines-10-14-21/h_72a2bd0a0a5d29ec38644b89d05b65d6|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/08/bannon-jan-6-subpoena-515681|work=Politico|date=October 8, 2021|title=Biden White House waives executive privilege for initial set of Trump-era documents sought by Jan. 6 panel|last1=Wu|first1=Nicholas|last2=Cheney|first2=Kyle|last3=Woodruff|first3=Betsy|last4=McGraw|first4=Meridith|access-date=October 9, 2021|archive-date=October 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028060800/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/08/bannon-jan-6-subpoena-515681|url-status=live}}
• October 18: Trump sues to prevent NARA from turning over the records to the committee or at least to allow him "to conduct a full privilege review of all of the requested materials" so he can choose which records NARA provides. His lawsuit, submitted by attorney Jesse R. Binnall, complains that the records request is "illegal, unfounded, and overbroad" and amounts to a "fishing expedition".{{Cite news|last=Alemany|first=Jacqueline|date=October 18, 2021|title=Trump sues to block records requested by Jan. 6 committee|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-january-6-committee-lawsuit/2021/10/18/5947ecfe-304b-11ec-9241-aad8e48f01ff_story.html|access-date=October 18, 2021|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019030805/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-january-6-committee-lawsuit/2021/10/18/5947ecfe-304b-11ec-9241-aad8e48f01ff_story.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=October 18, 2021|title=DONALD J. TRUMP v. BENNIE G. THOMPSON, U.S. HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE, DAVID S. FERRIERO, and THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION, Case 1:21-cv-02769 Filed 10/18/21|url=https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.236632/gov.uscourts.dcd.236632.1.0_3.pdf|access-date=October 18, 2021|website=storage.courtlistener.com|archive-date=October 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018220145/https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.236632/gov.uscourts.dcd.236632.1.0_3.pdf|url-status=live}} Meanwhile, NARA plans to release the documents on November 12.{{cite news|last=Sneed|first=Tierney|date=October 20, 2021|title=Hurry up and wait: Trump's best legal shot at blocking the release of his January 6 docs|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/20/politics/trump-national-archives-lawsuit-strategy/index.html|access-date=2021-10-20|website=CNN|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102113038/https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/20/politics/trump-national-archives-lawsuit-strategy/index.html|url-status=live}}
• October 19: The committee votes unanimously to adopt a contempt of Congress report against Bannon and refer it to the full House for a vote.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/steve-bannon-jan-6-committee-vote-10-19-21/index.html|title=Jan. 6 committee vote to approve Steve Bannon criminal contempt report: Live updates|first=Melissa|last=Macaya|date=October 19, 2021|website=CNN|access-date=October 20, 2021|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021143133/https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/steve-bannon-jan-6-committee-vote-10-19-21/index.html|url-status=live}}
• October 21: All 220 House Democrats and 9 House Republicans vote to hold Bannon in contempt of Congress, referring his case to the DOJ, which will decide whether to prosecute him.{{cite web|last=Lowell|first=Hugo|date=2021-10-21|title=House holds Trump ally Steve Bannon in criminal contempt of Congress|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/21/steve-bannon-house-vote-criminal-contempt-congress|access-date=2022-01-03|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=December 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218002314/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/21/steve-bannon-house-vote-criminal-contempt-congress|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Foran|first1=Clare|last2=Cohen|first2=Zachary|last3=Nobles|first3=Ryan|date=October 21, 2021|title=House votes to hold Steve Bannon in contempt for defying subpoena|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/21/politics/steve-bannon-house-contempt-vote/index.html|access-date=2021-10-21|website=CNN|archive-date=October 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027220410/https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/21/politics/steve-bannon-house-contempt-vote/index.html|url-status=live}}
• October 22: CNN reports that Cheney and Kinzinger have interviewed former Trump director of strategic communications Alyssa Farah. She had resigned in December 2020 and told CNN after the January 6 attack that Trump had lied to the American people about the election results.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/22/politics/jeffrey-clark-january-6-testify/index.html|title=Former DOJ official who pushed baseless election fraud claims expected to testify before January 6 committee|last1=Polantz|first1=Katelyn|last2=Nobles|first2=Ryan|last3=Reid|first3=Paula|last4=Cohen|first4=Zachary|website=CNN|date=October 22, 2021|access-date=October 23, 2021|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102013233/https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/22/politics/jeffrey-clark-january-6-testify/index.html|url-status=live}}
• October 25: Biden once again says he would not assert executive privilege; this regarded a second batch of documents the committee had requested from NARA.{{cite news|last=Collinson|first=Stephen|date=October 26, 2021|title=Analysis: Biden's refusal of executive privilege claim ignites new firestorm with Trump|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/26/politics/donald-trump-joe-biden-executive-privilege-january-6/index.html|access-date=2021-10-26|website=CNN|archive-date=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105074230/https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/26/politics/donald-trump-joe-biden-executive-privilege-january-6/index.html|url-status=live}}
• October 26: The Washington Post reports that more people are expected to be subpoenaed, including legal scholar John Eastman, who supported Trump's claims about the 2020 election.{{Cite news|last=Alemany|first=Jacqueline|date=October 26, 2021|title=Jan. 6 committee expected to subpoena lawyer who advised Trump, Pence on how to overturn election|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jan-6-committee-expected-to-subpoena-lawyer-who-advised-trump-pence-on-how-to-overturn-election/2021/10/26/e9120342-36ae-11ec-9bc4-86107e7b0ab1_story.html|access-date=October 27, 2021|archive-date=November 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102030121/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jan-6-committee-expected-to-subpoena-lawyer-who-advised-trump-pence-on-how-to-overturn-election/2021/10/26/e9120342-36ae-11ec-9bc4-86107e7b0ab1_story.html|url-status=live}}{{Citation|last=Honig|first=Ellie|title='Completely damning' video of Trump ally emerges – CNN Video|date=October 27, 2021|url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/10/27/john-eastman-video-pence-2020-election-results-honig-nr-vpx.cnn|work=CNN|access-date=2021-10-27|archive-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029150149/https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/10/27/john-eastman-video-pence-2020-election-results-honig-nr-vpx.cnn|url-status=live}}
• October 29: Jeffrey Clark, having parted ways with his attorney several days previously, does not appear for his scheduled deposition.
• October 30: In a court filing, NARA details that Trump sought to block about 750 pages of documents among the nearly 1,600 requested by the committee, including hundreds of pages of statements and talking points by Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany; daily presidential diaries, schedules, and appointment information; White House visitor, activity, and phone logs from on and around January 6; drafts of speeches, remarks, and correspondence relating to the Capitol attack; and handwritten notes from chief of staff Mark Meadows.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-lawsuits-united-states-capitol-siege-4e55ed79b42043fbdef1628d684e1495|title=Trump wants call logs, aide's notes hidden from Jan. 6 panel|date=October 30, 2021|website=AP News|access-date=October 30, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110033004/https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-lawsuits-united-states-capitol-siege-4e55ed79b42043fbdef1628d684e1495|url-status=live}}

• November 5: Jeffrey Clark and his new attorney meet with investigators to state Clark would not cooperate unless compelled by a court order, asserting that Trump's "confidences are not his to waive", citing attorney-client privilege. In a letter to the committee, Clark's attorney cites a letter from a Trump attorney specifically stating Trump would not try to block Clark's testimony.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/27/jeffrey-clark-trump-jan6-lawyer-517414|title=Former DOJ official splits with lawyer before Jan. 6 testimony|work=Politico|date=October 27, 2021|last=Swan|first=Betsy Woodruff|access-date=November 5, 2021|archive-date=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105201404/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/27/jeffrey-clark-trump-jan6-lawyer-517414|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/05/jeffrey-clark-doj-hill-deposition-519703|title=Trump DOJ official who aided effort to overturn election declines to answer Jan. 6 questions|work=Politico|date=November 5, 2021|last1=Swan|first1=Betsy Woodruff|last2=Cheney|first2=Kyle|access-date=November 5, 2021|archive-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108141335/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/05/jeffrey-clark-doj-hill-deposition-519703|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/05/politics/jeffrey-clark-house-january-6/index.html|title=Trump Justice official who pushed election fraud claims stonewalls House January 6 committee|last1=Cohen|first1=Zachary|last2=Polantz|first2=Katelyn|work=CNN|date=November 5, 2021|access-date=November 5, 2021|archive-date=November 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109233521/https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/05/politics/jeffrey-clark-house-january-6/index.html|url-status=live}}
• November 8: The committee subpoenaed Bill Stepien; Jason Miller; Michael Flynn; John Eastman; Angela McCallum; and Bernard Kerik,{{cite web|last=Lowell|first=Hugo|date=2021-11-08|title=Lawyer John Eastman and Michael Flynn among six subpoenaed by Capitol attack panel|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/08/capitol-attack-committee-subpoenas-michael-flynn-bill-stepien|access-date=2022-01-03|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=December 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230071746/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/08/capitol-attack-committee-subpoenas-michael-flynn-bill-stepien|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/08/politics/january-6-committee-subpoenas/index.html|title=January 6 committee issues 6 subpoenas to top Trump campaign associates|last1=Cohen|first1=Zachary|last2=Nobles|first2=Ryan|last3=Grayer|first3=Annie|date=November 8, 2021|work=CNN|access-date=November 8, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110040759/https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/08/politics/january-6-committee-subpoenas/index.html|url-status=live}} at least some of whom were suspected to have been connected to the "war room" operation at the Willard Hotel.{{cite web |last=Lowell |first=Hugo |date=2021-11-06 |title=House 6 January panel to issue new round of subpoenas for Trump allies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/06/house-6-january-committee-subpoenas-john-eastman |access-date=2022-01-03 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=December 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230071812/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/06/house-6-january-committee-subpoenas-john-eastman |url-status=live }} All were required to provide documents by November 23 and scheduled to testify under oath through December.
• November 9:
• The committee subpoenaed Kayleigh McEnany; Stephen Miller; Nicholas Luna; John McEntee; Ken Klukowski; Chris Liddell; Molly Michael; Cassidy Hutchinson; Benjamin Williamson; and Keith Kellogg.{{cite news |last=Broadwater |first=Luke |date=November 9, 2021 |title=House Inquiry Into Jan. 6 Issues 10 New Subpoenas |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/us/politics/jan-6-subpoena.html |access-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109212246/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/us/politics/jan-6-subpoena.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Mangan |first=Dan |date=November 9, 2021 |title=Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, Stephen Miller and other White House officials subpoenaed in Jan. 6 House probe |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/09/jan-6-riot-house-panel-subpoenas-trump-white-house-officials-mcenany.html |website=CNBC |access-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110082010/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/09/jan-6-riot-house-panel-subpoenas-trump-white-house-officials-mcenany.html |url-status=live }} All were required to provide documents by November 23 and scheduled to testify under oath through December.{{cite news |last1=Grayer |first1=Annie |last2=Cohen |first2=Zachary |last3=Nobles |first3=Ryan |last4=Wild |first4=Whitney |date=November 9, 2021 |title=January 6 committee issues 10 more subpoenas including to Stephen Miller |website=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/09/politics/january-6-subpoenas-stephen-miller/index.html |access-date=2021-11-10 |archive-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110163803/https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/09/politics/january-6-subpoenas-stephen-miller/index.html |url-status=live }}
• Federal judge Tanya Chutkan denies Trump's October 18 request to stop NARA from releasing documents. Trump's claim "that he may override the express will of the executive branch", she wrote in a 39-page ruling, "appears to be premised on the notion that his executive power 'exists in perpetuity'. But Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President."{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-loses-bid-keep-jan-6-records-house-committee-investigating-n1283613|title=Trump loses bid to keep Jan. 6 records from House committee investigating riot|website=NBC News|date=November 10, 2021|access-date=November 10, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110062801/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-loses-bid-keep-jan-6-records-house-committee-investigating-n1283613|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/us/politics/trump-january-6-committee.html|title=Judge Rejects Trump's Bid to Keep Papers Secret in Jan. 6 Inquiry|first=Charlie|last=Savage|date=November 10, 2021|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 10, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110101042/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/us/politics/trump-january-6-committee.html|url-status=live}} (The previous evening, Trump had filed an emergency request for a preemptive injunction against Chutkan's forthcoming decision, but Chutkan rejected it two hours later as legally defective and premature.){{cite web|last=Cheney|first=Kyle|date=November 9, 2021|title=Trump makes — and loses — overnight bid to block Jan. 6 investigators|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/09/trump-jan-6-520405|work=Politico|access-date=November 9, 2021|archive-date=November 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109161313/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/09/trump-jan-6-520405|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Polantz|first=Katelyn|date=November 9, 2021|title=Judge denies Trump's overnight request for injunction in executive privilege case, still needs to rule on main case|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/09/politics/trump-injunction-denied-national-archives-records-january-6/index.html|work=CNN|access-date=November 9, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110092827/https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/09/politics/trump-injunction-denied-national-archives-records-january-6/index.html|url-status=live}} Trump immediately asks Chutkan for an injunction, which she denies.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/11/09/president-donald-trump-january-6-capitol-riot-house-probe-judge/6364942001/|title=Trump appeals after federal judge refuses to withhold records from January 6 committee|first=Bart|last=Jansen|work=USA Today|date=November 9, 2021|access-date=November 10, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110082426/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/11/09/president-donald-trump-january-6-capitol-riot-house-probe-judge/6364942001/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Judge rejects another Trump attempt to slow down documents from going to House January 6 committee|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/politics/trump-documents-january-6-committee-executive-privilege-case/index.html|work=CNN|date=November 10, 2021|last=Polantz|first=Katelyn|access-date=November 11, 2021|archive-date=November 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111032042/https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/politics/trump-documents-january-6-committee-executive-privilege-case/index.html|url-status=live}} However, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals grants Trump's request for an injunction on November 11 and schedules oral arguments before a three-judge panel for November 30.{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/11/appeals-court-jan-6-committee-trump-white-house-records-520952|title=Appeals court slows Jan. 6 committee's effort to access Trump White House records|work=Politico|date=November 11, 2021|last1=Cheney|first1=Kyle|last2=Gerstein|first2=Josh|access-date=November 11, 2021|archive-date=November 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111235452/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/11/appeals-court-jan-6-committee-trump-white-house-records-520952|url-status=live}}
• November 12:
• Meadows does not appear for his testimony.{{cite news|last1=Cohen|first1=Zachary|last2=Grayer|first2=Annie|date=November 12, 2021|title=Mark Meadows did not appear for deposition with January 6 committee|work=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/12/politics/mark-meadows-january-6-deposition/index.html|access-date=November 13, 2021|archive-date=November 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113073415/https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/12/politics/mark-meadows-january-6-deposition/index.html|url-status=live}}
• Bannon is federally indicted on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/12/politics/steve-bannon-indicted/index.html|title=Federal grand jury indicts former Trump adviser Steve Bannon for contempt of Congress|last1=Rabinowitz|first1=Hannah|last2=Schneider|first2=Jessica|last3=Perez|first3=Evan|last4=Reid|first4=Paula|last5=Cohen|first5=Zachary Cohen|work=CNN|date=November 12, 2021|access-date=November 13, 2021|archive-date=November 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113171502/https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/12/politics/steve-bannon-indicted/index.html|url-status=live}}
• November 15: Bannon surrenders to the FBI.{{cite news|last1=Cohen|first1=Zachary|last2=Duster|first2=Chandelis|date=November 15, 2021|title=Trump ally Steve Bannon surrenders after his indictment on two counts of contempt of Congress|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/15/politics/steve-bannon/index.html|access-date=2021-11-15|website=CNN|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115184626/https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/15/politics/steve-bannon/index.html|url-status=live}}
• November 22: Subpoenas are issued for InfoWars host Alex Jones and longtime Republican operative Roger Stone, as well as two Stop the Steal organizers, Dustin Stockton and Jennifer Lawrence, and Trump spokesman and Save America PAC communications director Taylor Budowich.{{cite web|last=Lowell|first=Hugo|date=2021-11-22|title=Roger Stone and Alex Jones among five to receive Capitol attack subpoenas|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/22/roger-stone-alex-jones-subpoenas-capitol-attack|access-date=2022-01-03|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=December 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220070700/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/22/roger-stone-alex-jones-subpoenas-capitol-attack|url-status=live}} Warrants for Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, and their respective leaders Enrique Tarrio and Stewart Rhodes, are issued the following day.{{cite web|last=Lowell|first=Hugo|date=2021-11-23|title=House Capitol attack committee subpoenas far-right leaders and groups|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/23/house-capitol-attack-committee-subpoenas-far-right-leaders|access-date=2022-01-03|website=The Guardian|language=en}} Robert Patrick Lewis, chairman of 1st Amendment Praetorian, a group alleged to have provided security at several rallies before January 6, is also subpoenaed that day.
• November 24: In advance of the hearing scheduled for November 30 regarding the release of NARA records, Trump's attorneys submit a reply brief. They claim that Biden's willingness to release the records served his "own political advantage" and "will result in permanent damage to the institution of the presidency".{{cite news|last=Polantz|first=Katelyn|date=November 24, 2021|title=Trump argues January 6 committee could damage the presidency in quest for his records|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/24/politics/donald-trump-january-6-committee-argument/index.html|access-date=2021-11-24|website=CNN}}
• November 30: Trump's lawyers asked the judges on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals to review each document and decide whether to release each one to Congress. The three judges denied this request. Judge Patricia Millett said the dispute was not about the content of these specific documents but rather the principle of "what happens when the current incumbent president" (in this case, Biden) says he will not interfere with an information exchange between NARA and Congress. (The court went on to rule against Trump on December 9; Trump went on to appeal to the Supreme Court on December 23; and the Supreme Court denied his request on January 19, 2022.){{cite news|last1=Sneed|first1=Tierney|last2=Polantz|first2=Katelyn|date=November 30, 2021|title=Takeaways from the appeals court hearing in the January 6 Trump documents case|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/30/politics/trump-january-6-docs-hearing-takeaways/index.html|access-date=2021-11-30|website=CNN}}

• December 1:
• The committee voted unanimously to hold Jeffrey Clark in contempt of Congress.{{cite web|last=Lowell|first=Hugo|date=2021-12-02|title=Capitol attack panel recommends contempt prosecution for Jeffrey Clark|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/01/capital-attack-committee-jeffrey-clark-trump-doj|access-date=2022-01-03|website=The Guardian|language=en}} Clark had said he planned to invoke the Fifth Amendment, which protects people from being forced to self-incriminate.{{cite news|last1=Grayer|first1=Annie|last2=Nobles|first2=Ryan|last3=Cohen|first3=Zachary|last4=Wild|first4=Whitney|date=December 1, 2021|title=January 6 committee moves to hold former DOJ official in contempt but also gives him one last chance to cooperate|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/01/politics/jeffrey-clark-criminal-contempt-report/index.html|access-date=December 1, 2021|website=CNN}} (He was given a new deposition date of December 4, but due to his report of a "medical condition", the deposition was postponed;{{cite news|last1=Nobles|first1=Ryan|last2=Cohen|first2=Zachary|last3=Grayer|first3=Annie|date=December 4, 2021|title=Jeffrey Clark's deposition postponed until December 16|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/03/politics/jeffrey-clark-deposition-postponed/index.html|access-date=2021-12-05|website=CNN}} he eventually appeared on February 2, 2022, but did not answer substantive questions.)
• A 36-page memorandum by Colonel Earl G. Matthews was sent to the committee contesting the findings of the DoD Inspector General report on the response to the riot. The memorandum accused two principal sources of the report of perjury in an attempted coverup of acting Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy's inaction during the riot.{{cite web|last1=Woodruff Swan|first1=Betsy|last2=McGraw|first2=Meridith|date=December 6, 2021|title='Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/jan-6-generals-lied-ex-dc-guard-official-523777|access-date=2021-12-08|website=Politico|language=en}}
• December 7: Mark Meadows's attorney said he would cease cooperating. Meadows had already provided 2,300 text messages, including those sent during the riot in which he informed others what Trump was doing, and some 6,800 pages of emails.{{cite web|last=Boboitz|first=Sara|date=2021-12-09|title=Mark Meadows Did Not 'Properly' Turn Over Documents To National Archives|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mark-meadows-national-archives_n_61b2706fe4b0030da7d26355|access-date=2021-12-10|website=HuffPost|language=en}} Among the documents was a January 5 38-page PowerPoint presentation entitled "Election Fraud, Foreign Interference & Options for 6 JAN" to be provided "on the hill"; a November 6 text exchange with a member of Congress in which Meadows reportedly said "I love it" in a discussion about the fake electors scheme; and a November 7 email discussing that scheme as part of a "direct and collateral attack".{{cite news|title=Read: Mark Meadows' letter to January 6 committee|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/07/politics/meadows-jan-6-letter-120721/index.html|access-date=2021-12-07|website=CNN}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/08/politics/mark-meadows-contempt-congress/index.html|title=January 6 committee says it is moving forward with criminal contempt for Meadows|last1=Grayre|first1=Annie|last2=Cohen|first2=Zachary|publisher=CNN|date=December 8, 2021}} Meadows objected to the committee's subpoena of telecom carriers for the call and text metadata of more than 100 people, including himself and others in Trump's inner circle. He sued Nancy Pelosi, the committee and its members to block his subpoena as well as the subpoena issued to Verizon for his phone records.{{cite news|last1=Grayer|first1=Annie|last2=Cohen|first2=Zachary|date=December 8, 2021|title=January 6 committee says it is moving forward with criminal contempt for Meadows|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/08/politics/mark-meadows-contempt-congress/index.html|access-date=2021-12-08|website=CNN}}{{cite news |last1=Sneed |first1=Tierney |title=Mark Meadows sues House January 6 committee |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/08/politics/mark-meadows-lawsuit/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=December 8, 2021}} NARA said it was working with Meadows' lawyers to obtain more documents from him.
• December 9:
• A reporter for The Guardian, Hugo Lowell, tweeted slides from a PowerPoint presentation that recommended Trump declare a national security emergency to return himself to office and was reportedly referenced in emails Meadows turned over to the committee.{{cite tweet|number=1468989737490911232|user=hugolowell|title=Latest: Trump White House chief Mark Meadows turned over to Jan. 6 committee an email that referred to a PowerPoint…|access-date=2022-01-03|language=en|date=December 9, 2021}}{{cite web|date=2021-12-11|title=Mark Meadows Hands Over PowerPoint Plan For Trump To Overthrow Election|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/powerpoint-plan-election-overthrow-mark-meadows-trump-pence_n_61b404f4e4b089ee1c348304|access-date=2022-01-03|website=HuffPost|language=en}}
• The three-judge panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously rejected Trump's appeal to have his White House records withheld from the committee. However, NARA was not permitted to deliver the records to Congress for another two weeks to allow Trump sufficient time to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/585190-appeals-court-rejects-trump-effort-to-block-white-house-records-from|title=Appeals court rejects Trump effort to deny records to Jan. 6 panel|first=Rema|last=Rahman|date=December 9, 2021|website=The Hill}}
• December 10: The Guardian reported that Meadows had turned over a 38-page PowerPoint presentation entitled "Election Fraud, Foreign Interference & Options for 6 JAN" to the committee as well as the email referring to the presentation. It recommended that Trump declare a national security emergency to delay the January 6 certification of electors, reject all ballots cast by machine, and have paper ballots secured by U.S. marshals and National Guard troops to conduct a recount. (The newspaper also saw a 36-page version that was not substantially different.){{Cite magazine|last=Bort|first=Ryan|date=2021-12-09|title=Trump's White House Emailed About a PowerPoint on How to End American Democracy|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mark-meadows-overturn-election-results-jan-6-committee-1269532/|access-date=2022-01-03|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}} Meadows's attorney said the PowerPoint presentation had arrived in Meadows's email inbox and that Meadows did not act on it. This presentation (as was reported the next day) detailed an elaborate theory that China and Venezuela had taken control of voting machines, and it had been distributed by Phil Waldron, a retired Army colonel who specialized in psychological operations during his career. Waldron said he had spoken to Meadows "maybe eight to 10 times", had attended a November 25 Oval Office meeting with Trump and others, and had briefed several members of Congress on the presentation. Waldron was a Trump campaign associate who made false assertions of election fraud as an expert witness during hearings alongside Rudy Giuliani in Arizona, Georgia, and Michigan.{{cite news |last1=Duda |first1=Jeremy |title=Fann picks Trump-allied firm with history of false election statements to audit Maricopa election |url=https://www.azmirror.com/2021/02/03/fann-picks-trump-allied-firm-with-history-of-false-election-statements-to-audit-maricopa-election/ |work=Arizona Mirror |date=February 3, 2021}}
• December 12: The committee released a report revealing that Meadows had sent an email on January 5 promising that the National Guard would "protect pro Trump people".{{cite news|last1=Cohen|first1=Zachary|last2=LeBlanc|first2=Paul|last3=McCullough|first3=Colin|date=December 13, 2021|title=Meadows said National Guard would be ready to 'protect pro Trump people' before Capitol insurrection, House investigators say|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/12/politics/mark-meadows-january-committee-contempt-of-congress-resolution/index.html|access-date=2021-12-13|website=CNN}} The report also included what the committee said were an email and text messages to members of Congress discussing how Trump might persuade legislators of some states to change their certified elector slates from Biden to Trump, writing Trump "thinks the legislators have the power, but the VP has power too". Meadows asked the members how Trump could contact such legislators, which the president did via a conference call with 300 of them on January 2, providing them purported evidence of fraud they might use to decertify their election results. Three days later, dozens of legislators from Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin wrote Pence asking him to postpone the January 6 certification of electors for ten days "affording our respective bodies to meet, investigate, and as a body vote on certification or decertification of the election".{{cite news |last1=Broadwater |first1=Luke |title=Meadows Was Deeply Involved in Fighting Election Outcome, Jan. 6 Panel Says |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/us/politics/mark-meadows-capitol-attack.html |work=The New York Times |date=December 12, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Alemany |first1=Jacqueline |last2=Brown |first2=Emma |last3=Hamburger |first3=Tom |last4=Swaine |first4=Jon |title=Ahead of Jan. 6, Willard hotel in downtown D.C. was a Trump team 'command center' for effort to deny Biden the presidency |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/willard-trump-eastman-giuliani-bannon/2021/10/23/c45bd2d4-3281-11ec-9241-aad8e48f01ff_story.html |date=October 23, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=October 23, 2021 }}
• December 13: Before the committee voted unanimously to recommend a contempt of Congress charge against Meadows to the full House, Cheney read aloud some text messages Meadows received on and around January 6 that revealed the perspectives of Trump allies at that time.{{cite news|last1=Chowdhury|first1=Maureen|last2=Macaya|first2=Melissa|date=December 13, 2021|title=Live updates: House committee hearing on Mark Meadows|url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/mark-meadows-house-committee-hearing/index.html|access-date=2021-12-20|website=CNN}}{{cite web|last=Lowell|first=Hugo|date=2021-12-14|title=Capitol attack panel recommends criminal prosecution for Mark Meadows|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/13/mark-meadows-capitol-attack-committee-vote-prosecution|access-date=2022-01-03|website=The Guardian|language=en}} Cheney suggested that Trump may have committed a felony by corruptly obstructing the electoral certification proceedings.{{cite news|last1=Blake|first1=Aaron|date=December 14, 2021|title=What crime might Trump have committed on Jan. 6? Liz Cheney points to one.|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/12/14/liz-cheney-trump-crime/|access-date=2021-12-20}}{{cite news|last1=Cheney|first1=Kyle|last2=Wu|first2=Nicholas|date=December 15, 2021|title=Jan. 6 investigators mull whether Trump violated obstruction law|work=Politico|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/15/trump-january-6-obstruction-law-524806|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220145158/https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/15/trump-january-6-obstruction-law-524806|archive-date=2021-12-20}}
• December 14: The House voted 222–208 to find Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress and to refer the matter to the Justice Department. The only two Republicans to join Democrats in the vote against Meadows were Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, both of whom serve on the committee.{{cite news |title=House votes to hold Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/mark-meadows-house-contempt-vote/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=December 14, 2021|last1=Chowdhury|first1=Maureen|last2=Vogt|first2=Adrienne|last3=Macaya|first3=Melissa|last4=Hayes|first4=Mike|last5=Wagner|first5=Meg}} Prior to the vote, more text messages to Meadows were presented on the House floor, including one sent on the day after the election that proposed a strategy to send electors selected by Republican-controlled legislatures in three states directly to the Supreme Court before voting results had been determined in those states.{{cite news |title='Need to end this call': January 6 committee reveals new text messages to Meadows on House floor |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/14/politics/january-6-committee-text-messages/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=December 14, 2021 |last1=Herb|first1=Jeremy|last2=Nobles|first2=Ryan}} CNN later reported that the committee believed the text came from Rick Perry, the former Texas governor and secretary of energy during the Trump administration. Though a Perry spokesman denied Perry sent the text, CNN had evidence that it came from Perry's phone. Committee member Jamie Raskin acknowledged that the text's author had been initially misidentified as a lawmaker.{{cite news|last1=Tapper|first1=Jake|last2=Gangel|first2=Jamie|date=December 17, 2021|title=CNN Exclusive: Jan 6 investigators believe Nov. 4 text pushing 'strategy' to undermine election came from Rick Perry|publisher=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/17/politics/rick-perry-jan-6-text-mark-meadows-nov-4/index.html|access-date=2021-12-20}}
• December 16: The White House counsel's office agreed in writing to delay their pursuit of NARA's release of some documents. Although Biden rejected Trump's claim of executive privilege, the White House nevertheless had its own concerns about the records request and said it should be narrowed so as not to expose highly classified or irrelevant information.{{cite web|last=Miller|first=Zeke|date=2021-12-28|title=White House And Jan. 6 Committee Agree To Shield Some Documents|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-house-jan-6-committee-shield-some-documents-capitol-insurrection_n_61cb7fade4b04b42ab6f3d83|access-date=2021-12-29|website=HuffPost|language=en}} The committee on December 16 also moved to subpoena Waldron, the purported author of the PowerPoint presentation turned over by Meadows.{{cite web|last=Lowell|first=Hugo|date=2021-12-16|title=Capitol attack panel subpoenas author of PowerPoint plan for coup|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/16/phil-waldron-powerpoint-plan-subvert-election-subpoenaed|access-date=2022-01-03|website=The Guardian|language=en}}
• December 17: Roger Stone appeared before the committee for less than an hour{{Cite web |last1=Sangal |first1=Aditi |last2=Hammond |first2=Elise |last3=Chowdhury |first3=Maureen |last4=Vogt |first4=Adrienne |date=2022-12-21 |title=Roger Stone deposition with the Jan. 6 committee lasted less than an hour |url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jan-6-committee-final-report/h_b0cdef5c270b9920c97dfdb618266f45 |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=CNN |language=en}} and asserted his Fifth Amendment rights to refuse to answer questions. Through his legal team, he claimed he was avoiding the "elaborate trap" of the committee's "loaded questions".{{Cite news|last=Grisales|first=Claudia|date=2021-12-17|title=Roger Stone appears before Jan. 6 panel and pleads the Fifth|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/12/17/1065134885/roger-stone-appears-before-jan-6-panel-and-pleads-the-fifth|access-date=2021-12-17}}
• December 20: Committee chair Thompson wrote to Representative Scott Perry asking him to provide information about his involvement in the effort to install Jeffrey Clark as acting attorney general. Thompson believed Perry had been involved in the effort to install Clark, given witness testimony from former acting attorney general Jeffrey Rosen and his deputy Richard Donoghue, as well as communications between Perry and Meadows.{{cite news |title=January 6 committee sends letter to GOP Rep. Scott Perry, asking to interview him |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/20/politics/scott-perry-january-6-committee/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=December 20, 2021|last1=Cohen|first1=Zachary|last2=Grayer|first2=Annie}}{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Bennie G. |title=Letter to Representative Scott Perry |url=https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/2021-12-20.BGT%20Letter%20to%20Perry.pdf |publisher=House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack |date=December 20, 2021}}{{Cite news|last1=Benner|first1=Katie|last2=Edmondson|first2=Catie|date=January 23, 2021|title=Pennsylvania Lawmaker Played Key Role in Trump's Plot to Oust Acting Attorney General|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/us/politics/scott-perry-trump-justice-department-election.html|access-date=2021-01-24|issn=0362-4331}} Perry declined the request the next day.{{cite news |title=GOP Rep. Scott Perry declines January 6 committee's request to speak with him |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/21/politics/scott-perry-january-6-committee/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=December 21, 2021|last1=Grayer|first1=Annie|last2=Cohen|first2=Zachary}} Among the text messages to Meadows the committee released on December 14 was one attributed to a "member of Congress" dated January 5 that read "Please check your signal", a reference to the encrypted messaging system Signal. In his letter to Perry, Thompson mentioned evidence that Perry had communicated with Meadows using Signal, though Perry denied sending that particular message.{{cite news|last1=Herb|first1=Jeremy|last2=Nobles|first2=Ryan|title=January 6 committee reveals new Meadows text message on House floor|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/14/politics/january-6-committee-text-messages/index.html|access-date=2021-12-23|website=CNN}}{{cite news |title=Long before embracing Trump's false election claims, Rep. Scott Perry promoted groundless theories |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jan-6-committee-trump-perry-conspiracy-theories/2021/12/22/031acd5a-626a-11ec-bf70-58003351c627_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 22, 2021|last1=Reinhard|first1=Beth|last2=Alfaro|first2=Mariana}}
• December 22: Thompson wrote a letter to congressman Jim Jordan requesting a meeting to discuss his communications with Trump and possibly his associates on and around January 6.{{cite news |title=House committee seeks to interview GOP firebrand Rep. Jim Jordan about January 6 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/politics/jim-jordan-house-select-committee-january-6/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=December 22, 2021|last1=Cohen|first1=Zachary|last2=Grayer|first2=Annie}}{{cite news |title=Letter to Jim Jordan |url=https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/2021-12-22.BGT%20Letter%20to%20Jordan.pdf |publisher=House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack |date=December 22, 2021|last=Thompson|first=Bennie}}
• December 23:
• The Washington Post reported that the committee was considering a recommendation to the Department of Justice of opening a possible criminal investigation into Trump for his activities on January 6.
• Trump appealed to the Supreme Court to block NARA from releasing documents to the committee, which Trump's lawyers claimed would cause him "irreparable harm". Later that day, the committee asked the court to prioritize its decision on whether it would hear Trump's case.{{cite news|last1=Sneed|first1=Tierney|last2=Polantz|first2=Katelyn|date=December 23, 2021|title=Trump asks Supreme Court to block release of his White House records to January 6 committee|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/23/politics/donald-trump-supreme-court-records-january-6/index.html|access-date=2021-12-23|website=CNN}}{{cite web|date=December 23, 2021|title=Trump v. Thompson Petition|url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21169265-trump-v-thompson-petition|access-date=2021-12-23|website=www.documentcloud.org}}{{cite web|date=December 23, 2021|title=21A272 Trump v. Thompson Application|url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21169268-21a272-trump-v-thompson-application|access-date=2021-12-23|website=www.documentcloud.org}} (The court would eventually reject Trump's emergency request a month later, which allowed the committee to receive the records, and it would also decline to hear his case a month after that.)
• December 24: While suing to block a subpoena of his bank records from JP Morgan, current Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich said in a court filing that he had cooperated extensively with the committee by providing 1,700 pages of documents and about four hours of sworn testimony relating to the planning and financing of Trump's speech outside the White House on January 6.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-spokesman-says-he-has-cooperated-with-us-house-panel-probing-jan-6-2021-12-25/|title=Trump spokesman says he has cooperated with U.S. House panel probing Jan. 6|first=Jan|last=Wolfe|newspaper=Reuters|date=December 25, 2021|via=www.reuters.com}} The subpoena of JP Morgan had not been public knowledge until Budowich's lawsuit revealed it. It is the first time this committee has been known to subpoena a bank directly.
• December 27: Thompson told The Guardian that the committee would investigate a call Trump made to his associates at the Willard Hotel on the night before the January 6 attack.{{Efn|The Guardian had reported the call on November 30.}}{{cite news |last1=Lowell |first1=Hugo |title=Capitol panel to investigate Trump call to Willard hotel in hours before attack |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/27/capitol-attack-panel-investigate-trump-call-willard-hotel-before-assault |work=The Guardian |date=December 27, 2021}}
• December 29: Trump's attorney complained to the Supreme Court that, if the committee's work had any "legislative purpose", it was merely a pretext for "what is essentially a law enforcement investigation". This would invalidate the investigation, according to Trump's lawyers, since the congressional mandate requires a legislative purpose.{{cite news|last=Sneed|first=Tierney|date=2021-12-29|title=Trump wants Supreme Court to read Washington Post interview with Bennie Thompson|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/29/politics/trump-supreme-court-washington-post-bennie-thompson/index.html|access-date=2021-12-29|website=CNN}} Trump's attorney cited Thompson's recent acknowledgment that the committee could make a criminal referral.
• December 31: Bernard Kerik provided documents to the committee. He did not provide what he considered to be attorney work product documents; he described these in a "privilege log". One was described as a draft letter from Trump that cited national security reasons to seize election-related evidence. It was dated December 17, the day before Trump, Flynn, Giuliani and others met in the Oval Office to discuss options including seizing voting machines. Another document detailed a sweeping nationwide communications plan to persuade Republican representatives at the state and federal level "to disregard the fraudulent vote count and certify the duly-elected President Trump."{{cite news|last1=Wu|first1=Nicholas|last2=Cheney|first2=Kyle|date=December 31, 2021|title=Bernard Kerik provides batch of documents to Jan. 6 select committee|work=Politico|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/31/kerik-documents-jan-6-committee-526297|access-date=2022-01-01}}

• January 5: Former Trump White House aide Stephanie Grisham testified to the committee.{{Cite web |last1=Alexander |first1=Peter |last2=O'Donnell |first2=Kelly |last3=Shabad |first3=Rebecca |date=2022-01-06 |title=After meeting with Jan. 6 committee, former Trump press secretary Grisham says she 'cooperated fully' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/former-trump-press-secretary-stephanie-grisham-meet-jan-6-committee-n1287000 |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=NBC News |language=en}} She reportedly said that Trump held secret meetings in the White House residence in the weeks before the Capitol attack and that the Secret Service had received a presidential document reflecting Trump's intentions to march to the Capitol on January 6.{{cite web |last=Lowell |first=Hugo |date=2022-01-20 |title=Trump held secret meetings in days before Capitol attack, ex-press secretary tells panel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/20/trump-secret-meetings-january-6-capitol-attack-stephanie-grisham |access-date=2022-01-31 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}
• January 8: The Guardian reported the committee was examining whether Trump had overseen a criminal conspiracy that connected efforts to block Biden's election certification with the Capitol attack.{{cite news |last1=Lowell |first1=Hugo |title=Capitol attack panel investigates Trump over potential criminal conspiracy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/08/capitol-attack-committee-donald-trump-white-house-stop-biden-win |work=The Guardian |date=January 8, 2022}}
• January 9: Representative Jim Jordan declined the committee's December 22 request for an interview.{{Cite news|last=Timsit|first=Annabelle|date=January 10, 2022|title=Rep. Jim Jordan refuses to cooperate with Jan. 6 committee investigating Capitol attack|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/10/jim-jordan-jan-6-committee-refuse/|access-date=January 10, 2022}}
• January 10: An article in Politico drew renewed attention to the fake electors scheme in which unauthorized individuals had forged certificates of ascertainment claiming that Trump won their state's electoral votes. These unauthorized individuals had sent the false documents to NARA; NARA had rejected them. The committee was reportedly interviewing state officials, especially in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania, to retrace Trump's efforts to subvert the election at the state level.{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Nicholas |title=Jan. 6 panel ramps up investigation into Trump's state-level pressure |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/10/jan-6-committee-ramps-up-state-level-investigation-526752 |work=Politico|date=January 10, 2022}}
• January 12:
• The committee asked Republican House minority leader Kevin McCarthy to voluntarily provide information. In a letter to McCarthy, the committee summarized its knowledge of McCarthy's positions and actions, and it asked McCarthy if he'd discussed his own shifts in tone with Trump or his aides, especially considering any investigations. McCarthy said hours later he would not cooperate.{{cite news |title=January 6 committee asks McCarthy to voluntarily provide information to probe |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/12/politics/kevin-mccarthy-january-6/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=January 12, 2022|last1=Cohen|first1=Zachary|last2=Grayer|first2=Annie|last3=Nobles|first3=Ryan}}{{cite news |title=In days after January 6, McCarthy said Trump admitted bearing some responsibility for Capitol attack |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/politics/kfile-kevin-mccarthy-donald-trump-january-6/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=January 14, 2022|last1=Kaczynski|first1=Andrew|last2=Zanona|first2=Melanie}}{{cite web|last=Lowell|first=Hugo|date=2022-01-13|title=House Republican leader rejects Capitol attack panel's request to cooperate|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/12/kevin-mccarthy-january-6-panel-capitol-riot|access-date=2022-01-31|website=The Guardian|language=en}}
• CNN reported the committee was investigating fraudulent certificates of ascertainment created by Trump allies in seven states in late December 2020. The documents had been published by the watchdog group {{ill|American Oversight|wd=Q133575683}} in March 2021 but received little attention until January 2022. Michigan attorney general Dana Nessel announced on January 14 that after a months-long investigation she had asked the U.S. Justice Department to open a criminal investigation.{{cite news |title=Trump allies' fake Electoral College certificates offer fresh insights about plot to overturn Biden's victory |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/12/politics/trump-overturn-2020-election-fake-electoral-college/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=January 12, 2022|last1=Cohen|first1=Zachary|last2=Cohen|first2=Marshall}}{{cite news |title=American Oversight obtains seven phony certificates of pro-Trump electors |url=https://www.americanoversight.org/american-oversight-obtains-seven-phony-certificates-of-pro-trump-electors |publisher=American Oversight |date=March 2, 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Eggert |first1=David |title=Michigan AG asks feds to investigate fake GOP electors |url=https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-michigan-elections-electoral-college-criminal-investigations-8a0454f0a28fd3f5903fa3ab962f764b |work=Associated Press |date=January 14, 2022}} Deputy attorney general Lisa Monaco confirmed several days later that the department was reviewing the matter.{{cite news |last=Evan |first=Perez |title=Exclusive: Federal prosecutors looking at 2020 fake elector certifications, deputy attorney general tells CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/25/politics/fake-trump-electoral-certificates-justice-department/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=January 26, 2022}}
• January 19: The Supreme Court ruled that NARA could release the Trump White House documents to the committee.{{cite web|last=Lowell|first=Hugo|date=2022-01-20|title=Supreme court rejects Trump bid to shield documents from January 6 panel|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/19/us-capitol-riot-trump-documents-national-archives|access-date=2022-01-31|website=The Guardian|language=en}} It did not provide a reason, stating simply that it "denied" Trump's request. However, it did make a comment: As the Court of Appeals had acknowledged it would have denied Trump's request even had he still been in office, anything the Court of Appeals said about "Trump's status as a former President" was legally "nonbinding". The votes of the justices were not disclosed, except for the dissent of Justice Clarence Thomas.{{cite news |title=Supreme Court clears the way for House to get Trump White House documents |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/supreme-court-trump-white-house-docs/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=January 19, 2022|last1=de Vogue|first1=Ariane|last2=Polantz|first2=Katelyn}}{{cite web|date=January 19, 2022|title=Trump v. Thompson|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21a272_9p6b.pdf|access-date=January 19, 2022|website=U.S. Supreme Court}} (Thomas's wife, Ginni Thomas, had attended the January 6 rally, which was not reported until two months after the Supreme Court's decision.){{Cite news |last=Alfaro |first=Mariana |date=March 14, 2022 |title=Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, says she attended Jan. 6 'Stop-the-Steal' rally before Capitol attack |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/14/ginni-thomas-jan-6-rally-capitol-attack/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |issn=0190-8286}}
• January 20:
• The committee asked Ivanka Trump for a voluntary interview. (She was interviewed, ultimately, on April 5.){{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Bennie|date=January 20, 2022|title=Letter to Ivanka Trump|url=https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/2022-1-20.BGT%20Letter%20to%20Ivanka%20Trump%20-%20Cover%20Letter%20and%20Enclosures_Redacted%202.pdf|access-date=January 20, 2022|website=january6th.house.gov}}{{cite web|last=Lowell|first=Hugo|date=2022-01-20|title=Ivanka Trump asked to cooperate with Capitol attack committee|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/20/ivanka-trump-capitol-attack-committee|access-date=2022-01-31|website=The Guardian|language=en}}
• John Eastman sued the committee. The case is Eastman v. Thompson in the Southern Division of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.{{Cite web |title=John C. Eastman v. Bennie G. Thompson et al, 8:22-cv-00099-DOC-DFM {{!}} Central District of California {{!}} United States District Court |url=https://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/newsworthy/media/john-c-eastman-v-bennie-g-thompson-et-al-822-cv-00099-doc-dfm |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=www.cacd.uscourts.gov |archive-date=November 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111220035/https://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/newsworthy/media/john-c-eastman-v-bennie-g-thompson-et-al-822-cv-00099-doc-dfm |url-status=dead }}
• In the evening, the committee received the documents from NARA that they had been seeking since August.
• January 23: Thompson disclosed the committee had been talking with former U.S. attorney general William Barr, as well as some Pentagon officials. (Months later, it was further clarified that the committee's Vice Chair, Liz Cheney, had spoken to Barr informally, at his home, for two hours in the fall of 2021.){{cite news |last1=Gangel |first1=Jamie |last2=Perez |first2=Evan |date=May 19, 2022 |title=Barr tentatively agrees to give sworn testimony to January 6 committee |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/politics/william-barr-january-6/index.html |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=CNN}} Barr had been a staunch ally of Trump until his December 1, 2020, announcement that the Justice Department had not found evidence of significant election irregularities. Trump was angered by the finding and announced Barr's resignation on Twitter two weeks later.{{cite news |title=January 6 committee has been talking with ex-attorney general William Barr, chairman says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/23/politics/january-6-committee-william-barr/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=January 23, 2022|last1=Diaz|first1=Daniella|last2=Duster|first2=Chandelis}}{{cite news |title=Trump is said to be livid at Barr, with one official suggesting termination possible|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-barr-election-fraud/2020/12/02/5717626c-34e2-11eb-a997-1f4c53d2a747_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post |date=December 2, 2020|last1=Zapotosky|first1=Matt|last2=Dawsey|first2=Josh|last3=Barrett|first3=Devlin}}{{cite news |title=Attorney General William Barr resigns |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/14/politics/william-barr-out-as-attorney-general/index.html |publisher=CNN |date=December 15, 2020|last1=Malloy|first1=Allie|last2=Cole|first2=Devan|last3=Carrega|first3=Christina|last4=Liptak|first4=Kevin}}
• January 24:
• In an effort to withhold 19,000 emails subpoenaed by the committee, an attorney for John Eastman told a federal judge that they were protected by attorney-client privilege because Eastman had been representing Trump while participating in the January 2 conference call with legislators; the January 3 Oval Office meeting with Trump and Pence; and while working at the Willard Hotel. Eastman had not previously asserted privilege. The emails were stored on servers at Eastman's former employer, Chapman University, which had been subpoenaed and did not object to their release. The judge ordered the emails released to Eastman's legal team to identify which they asserted were privileged, before allowing a third party to scrutinize them.{{cite news |last1=Polantz |first1=Katelyn |title=Trump lawyer ordered to respond to January 6 committee subpoena for his Chapman University emails |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/24/politics/eastman-january-6-committee-subpoena-chapman-university/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=January 24, 2022}}
• The committee subpoenaed the telephone records of Arizona Republican Party chair Kelli Ward and her husband, Michael Ward. Both Wards were "alternate electors" who signed the false Arizona certificate of ascertainment. Kelli Ward was among the most prominent of Republican officials who worked with Trump to stoke claims of election fraud and later was involved in sending the false certificates to Congress.{{cite news |last1=Cheney |first1=Kyle |last2=Wu |first2=Nicholas |last3=Gerstein |first3=Josh |date=2 February 2022 |title=Jan. 6 select committee subpoenas phone records of Arizona GOP chair |work=Politico|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/02/jan-6-committee-subpoenas-arizona-gop-chair-00004903 |access-date=14 November 2022}}{{Cite web |last=U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, Prescott Division |date=1 February 2022 |title=Dr. Michael P. Ward, D.O. and Dr. Kelli Ward, D.O., husband and wife; and Mole Medical Services, P.C., an Arizona Professional Corporation, v. Bennie G. Thompson, in his official capacity... |url=https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000017e-bc38-d5e7-a1ff-febf03980000 |access-date=14 November 2022 |website=Politico}}
• January 26: Marc Short, who had been Pence's chief of staff, was interviewed by the committee.{{cite news |last1=Gangel |first1=Jamie |last2=Borger |first2=Gloria |last3=Herb |first3=Jeremy |date=January 31, 2022 |title=Mike Pence's former chief of staff testifies in House January 6 investigation |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/31/politics/pence-marc-short-january-6-committee/index.html |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=CNN}} They asked him about a conversation on January 5, 2021, in which he predicted that Trump would very soon publicly turn against Pence, likely posing a security risk to Pence. Short had spoken to Pence's lead Secret Service agent on that day to advise him of the risk.{{Cite news |last=Haberman |first=Maggie |date=2022-06-03 |title=Before Jan. 6, Aide Warned Secret Service of Security Risk to Pence |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/us/politics/trump-pence-safety-jan-6.html |access-date=2022-06-04 |issn=0362-4331}}
• January 28:
• The committee subpoenaed fourteen Republicans in seven states who falsely asserted they were the chairperson and secretary on slates of Trump electors presented on bogus certificates of ascertainment.
• Former Trump deputy press secretary Judd Deere was subpoenaed. The committee stated in a letter to Deere that he had helped with "formulating White House's response to the January 6 attack as it occurred" and it wanted to discuss a January 5 Oval Office staff meeting he attended with Trump.{{cite news |title=Exclusive: Trump WH spokesman is sent subpoena by January 6 committee |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/28/politics/judd-deere-january-6-subpoena-judd-deere/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=January 28, 2022|last1=Borger|first1=Gloria|last2=Herb|first2=Jeremy}}
• January 31: The New York Times reported there were two executive orders drafted in mid-December to allow Trump to order the seizure of voting machines, predicated on baseless allegations of foreign tampering advanced by Waldron, Flynn and Powell. One document ordered the Defense Department to seize the machines, while the other called for the Department of Homeland Security to conduct the seizures. Giuliani persuaded Trump to avoid the former, but at Trump's direction he asked Ken Cuccinelli, the second in command at DHS, if seizures were possible; Cuccinelli responded DHS did not have the authority. Trump had also suggested to attorney general Bill Barr in November that the Justice Department could conduct the seizures, which Barr quickly said the department would not do. The Times reported the next day that the committee was scrutinizing Trump's involvement.{{cite news |title=Trump Had Role in Weighing Proposals to Seize Voting Machines |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/us/politics/donald-trump-election-results-fraud-voting-machines.html |work=The New York Times |date=January 31, 2022|last1=Feuer|first1=Alan|last2=Haberman|first2=Maggie|last3=Schmidt|first3=Michael S.|last4=Broadwater|first4=Luke}}{{cite news |title=Jan. 6 Panel Examining Trump's Role in Proposals to Seize Voting Machines |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/us/jan-6-panel-trump-voting-machines.html |work=The New York Times |date=February 1, 2022|last1=Feuer|first1=Alan|last2=Haberman|first2=Maggie|last3=Schmidt|first3=Michael S.|last4=Broadwater|first4=Luke}}

• February 1:
• NARA notified Trump that it planned to deliver some of Pence's records to the committee on March 3.{{cite web|last=Visser|first=Nick|date=2022-02-02|title=National Archives Will Turn Over Pence Records To House Panel Investigating Capitol Riot|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/national-archives-pence-records_n_61fb29b2e4b0c7df974636b7|access-date=2022-02-03|website=HuffPost|language=en}}
• Kelli and Michael Ward filed suit to preclude their telephone carrier from releasing the records on February 4, asserting that as practicing physicians their confidential communications with patients would be compromised.
• February 9: The committee subpoenaed Peter Navarro, a top Trump trade and manufacturing policy advisor, who had publicly said after the election that he worked with Steve Bannon and other Trump allies in an "operation" to delay the final certification of the election results in an effort to change the outcome.{{cite news |last1=Broadwater |first1=Luke |title=Jan. 6 Inquiry Subpoenas Navarro, Who Worked to Overturn Election |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/us/politics/jan-6-inquiry-subpoenas-navarro-who-worked-to-overturn-election.html |work=The New York Times |date=February 9, 2022}}
• February 15: Biden rejected Trump's claim of executive privilege over the White House visitor logs for dates including January 6, 2021. NARA had provided these visitor logs to the Biden White House for review. The day after Biden's approval, NARA notified Trump that they would deliver the visitor logs to the committee on March 3.{{cite news|last1=Collins|first1=Kaitlan|last2=Diamond|first2=Jeremy|last3=Sullivan|first3=Kate|last4=Liptak|first4=Kevin|date=February 16, 2022|title=Biden rejects Trump's attempt to shield White House visitor logs, including for day of January 6 attack|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/16/politics/donald-trump-joe-biden-january-6-white-house-visitor-logs/index.html|access-date=2022-02-16|website=CNN}}
• February 22: The Supreme Court declined to hear Trump's challenge to the release of the NARA records. The records had already been delivered to the committee on January 20 after the court denied Trump's emergency request. The Supreme Court was now saying it would not hear Trump's case at all. It did not disclose its reasoning or decision process.
• February 24: Politico reported a woman who was awaiting sentencing for breaching the Capitol asserted she also had extensive ties with the Pennsylvania Republican party, and had testified to committee investigators four times since October 2021. She said she had attended events "surrounded by Congressman, Senators, even Trump advisers" and was "promised future benefits, including a possible White House job." She also stated a "Trump adviser" asked her to help solicit affidavits alleging election fraud. She was the first indicted person to publicly disclose that her involvement extended beyond the attack and into the Republican establishment.{{cite news |last1=Cheney |first1=Kyle |title=Another Jan. 6 defendant is talking to House investigators. She's alleging ties to the Pennsylvania GOP — and some in Trump world, too |url=https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/02-24-2022/jan-6/ |work=Politico|date=February 24, 2022}}
• February 25: Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.'s fiancée, appeared for a voluntary interview but abruptly left her video deposition when she realized committee members were present. Her lawyer subsequently complained that someone had leaked the news of the interview to the press.

• March 1: The committee subpoenaed six attorneys involved in Trump's efforts to overturn the election, including by filing lawsuits, pressuring local election officials to change the results and drafting proposed executive orders to seize voting machines.{{cite news |last1=Broadwater |first1=Luke |title=Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Lawyers Who Worked to Overturn Trump's Loss |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/01/us/politics/jan-6-subpoenas-trump.html |work=The New York Times |date=March 1, 2022}}
• March 2: File:US District Court, Central District of California (Southern Division - Santa Ana), CIVIL DOCKET for Case - 8;22-cv-00099-DOC-DFM-document 160=document.pdf The committee stated in a federal court filing for Eastman v. Thompson that the evidence it had acquired "provides, at minimum, a good-faith basis for concluding" Trump and his campaign violated multiple laws in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States by attempting to prevent Congress from certifying his defeat. The filing in the District Court for the Central District of California challenged Eastman's court efforts to shield his emails from the committee, as he asserted attorney-client privilege.{{cite news |last1=Cheney |first1=Kyle |title=Jan. 6 committee concludes Trump violated multiple laws in effort to overturn election |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/02/jan6-trump-obstruction-justice-00013440 |work=Politico|date=March 2, 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Grisales |first1=Claudia |title=Jan. 6 panel concludes Trump likely broke laws in trying to overturn election |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/03/02/1084098799/trump-select-committee-capitol-insurrection-conspiracy |publisher=National Public Radio |date=March 2, 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Dawsey |first1=Josh |last2=Hamburger |first2=Tom |last3=Alemany |first3=Jacqueline |title=Jan. 6 committee alleges Trump, allies engaged in potential 'criminal conspiracy' by trying to block Congress from certifying election |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/02/eastman-pence-trump-jan-6/ |access-date=March 3, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 3, 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Counsel for the Congressional Defendants |date=2 March 2022 |title=Congressional defendants' brief in opposition to plaintiff's privilege assertions (Docket 160 in John C. Eastman v. Bennie G. Thompson et al, 8:22-cv-00099-DOC-DFM) |url=https://www.cacd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Dkt%20160%2C%20House%20Select%20Committee%20Brief%20RE%20Jan%204-7%2C%202021%20privilege%20assertions.pdf |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=cacd.uscourts.gov}} It contained a January 6, 2021, email exchange in which Pence's chief counsel Greg Jacob rebuked Eastman for proposing that Pence stop the vote certification. Jacob said that, "as a legal framework, it is a results-oriented position that you would never support if attempted by the opposition, and essentially entirely made up."{{cite web |last1=Amiri |first1=Farnoush |last2=Tucker |first2=Eric |last3=Jalonick |first3=Mary Clare |date=2022-03-03 |title=Jan. 6 panel sees evidence of Trump 'criminal conspiracy' |url=https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-crime-donald-trump-united-states-presidential-elections-d6f316446682ea36e85e2fc4e0581a87 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=AP News |language=en}}
• March 3: Kimberly Guilfoyle was subpoenaed. The committee believed she was active in fundraising for the rallies preceding the attack and was in the Oval Office that day.{{cite news|last1=Nobles|first1=Ryan|last2=Grayer|first2=Annie|date=March 3, 2022 |title=January 6 committee subpoenas Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr.'s fiancé who worked on his father's campaign |publisher=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/politics/kimberly-guilfoyle-subpoena-january-6/index.html |access-date=December 10, 2022}}
• March 4: Rudy Giuliani's attorneys suggested that he may not comply with his subpoena, given the committee's treatment of Eastman. Giuliani has asserted attorney-client privilege, the type of privilege that the committee asked a judge on March 2 to waive for Eastman.{{cite news |last=Reid |first=Paula |date=March 4, 2022 |title=Giuliani's cooperation with January 6 committee in jeopardy, lawyer says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/04/politics/giuliani-january-6-committee/index.html |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=CNN}}
• March 9:
• The RNC sued to block the committee's subpoena of customer relationship management software company Salesforce. Through the subpoena, the committee had sought information about Republican National Committee fundraising.{{cite news |title=RNC to sue Jan. 6 committee over Salesforce subpoena |url=https://www.axios.com/rnc-lawsuit-salesforce-jan6-committee-05488227-4ea9-49ee-8208-52ead613db56.html |work=Axios|date=March 9, 2022|last1=Swan|first1=Jonathan|last2=Markay|first2=Lachlan|last3=Fischer|first3=Sara}}{{Cite news |last=Wang |first=Amy B. |date=March 10, 2022 |title=RNC sues Jan 6. committee over subpoena of data from software vendor Salesforce |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/03/10/rnc-sues-jan-6-committee-salesforce-vendor-republicans/ |access-date=2022-05-02 |issn=0190-8286}} (The RNC lost the lawsuit on May 1.)
• A federal judge said he would review 111 of John Eastman's emails from January 4–7, 2021 to determine whether they are protected by attorney-client or attorney work-product privilege.{{cite web |last=Cheney |first=Kyle |date=March 9, 2022 |title=Judge to review disputed Eastman emails for possible disclosure to Jan. 6 committee |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/09/eastman-emails-disclosure-jan-6-committee-00015869 |access-date=2022-03-09 |website=Politico|language=en}}
• March 28: File:US District Court, Central District of California (Southern Division - Santa Ana), CIVIL DOCKET for Case - 8;22-cv-00099-DOC-DFM-document 260=Gov.uscourts.cacd.841840.260.0 8.pdf
• The committee voted unanimously to hold Dan Scavino and Peter Navarro in contempt for refusing to testify.{{cite news |last1=Grayer |first1=Annie |last2=Cohen |first2=Zachary |last3=Nobles |first3=Ryan |last4=Wild |first4=Whitney |date=March 28, 2022 |title=January 6 committee sends message to DOJ as it recommends criminal contempt charges for 2 more Trump advisers: Do your job |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/28/politics/committee-vote-dan-scavino-peter-navarro/index.html |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=CNN}} The next step would be for the full House to vote.
• Judge David O. Carter reviewed Eastman's emails and said "the illegality of the plan was obvious" and ordered 101 emails to be turned over to the committee. Although neither Eastman nor Trump had been charged with a crime, the judge also wrote: "Based on the evidence, the Court finds that it is more likely than not that President Trump and Dr. Eastman dishonestly conspired to obstruct the Joint Session of Congress on January 6, 2021."{{cite news |last=Polantz |first=Katelyn |date=March 28, 2022 |title=Judge: 'More likely than not' that Trump 'corruptly attempted' to block Congress from counting votes on January 6 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/28/politics/john-eastman-memo/index.html |access-date=2022-03-28 |website=CNN|pages=36 and 40 of the 28 March 2022 Order, document 260}} Carter also wrote, referring to Kenneth Chesebro's December 13, 2020, email to Rudy Giuliani and others: "President Trump's team transformed a legal interpretation of the Electoral Count Act into a day-by-day plan of action. The draft memo pushed a strategy that knowingly violated the Electoral Count Act".{{cite web |last=Temme |first=Laura |date=2022-04-06 |title=Federal Court Finds Trump Most Likely Committed a Felony Following 2020 Election |url=https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/federal-courts/federal-court-finds-trump-most-likely-committed-crimes-following-2020-election/ |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=FindLaw |language=en}}{{cite news |last=Polantz |first=Katelyn |date=June 2, 2022 |title=House January 6 committee obtains email outlining early plan to try to overturn Trump's 2020 loss |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/01/politics/january-6-email-plan-overturn-election-trump/index.html |access-date=June 2, 2022 |website=CNN}} Chesebro's email was later found to have included a proposal for Pence to recuse himself; Chesebro argued that vice presidents have a conflict of interest if they have just run for reelection, and he suggested that instead Chuck Grassley or another senior senate Republican should certify the election results. In this strategy, when the senator opened the Arizona envelopes and found two conflicting elector slates, he would halt the certification and suggest possible remedies such as allowing the Republican-controlled state legislature to appoint electors. Grassley told Roll Call on January 5 that "We don't expect [Pence] to be there", though Grassley's office quickly walked back the statement and said neither he nor his staff had been aware of the proposal.{{cite news |last1=Legare |first1=Robert |title=Email to Giuliani reveals plan to keep Trump in office on Jan. 6, court records show |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-news-giuliani-kenneth-chesebro-email-plan-january-6/ |publisher=CBS News |date=June 3, 2022}}{{cite news |title=GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley briefly confuses everyone over announcement on Pence and Electoral College certification |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/grassley-prompts-confusion-over-pence-electoral-college-certification-2021-1?r=US&IR=T |work=Business Insider |date=January 5, 2021}}
• March 29: Committee chair Thompson called it "concerning" that no record of phone calls made by President Trump from 11:17 a.m. to 6:54 p.m. on January 6 had been found in eleven pages of records turned over to the committee. The committee was investigating whether it had received the complete phone log and whether Trump had used other phones.{{cite news |title=White House records turned over to House show 7-hour gap in Trump phone log on Jan. 6 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-calls-seven-hour-gap-january-6/ |publisher=CBS News |date=March 29, 2022}}
• March 31: Jared Kushner voluntarily spoke to the committee for six hours. He was the first Trump family member to be interviewed.{{cite web |last1=Gregorian |first1=Dareh |last2=Stewart |first2=Kyle |date=March 31, 2022 |title=Jared Kushner interviewed by Jan. 6 committee for more than six hours |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/jared-kushner-interviewed-jan-6-committee-six-hours-rcna22387 |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=NBC News |language=en}}

• April 5: Ivanka Trump voluntarily spoke to the committee for eight hours.{{Cite news |last=Broadwater |first=Luke |date=2022-04-05 |title=Ivanka Trump Testifies to House Panel Investigating Jan. 6 Attack |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/05/us/politics/ivanka-trump-jan-6.html |access-date=2022-04-06 |issn=0362-4331}}
• April 8:
• The Guardian reported the committee had found evidence the Capitol attack included a coordinated assault by the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, as well as possible coordination with Save America rally organizers.{{cite news |last1=Lowell |first1=Hugo |title=Capitol attack investigators zero in on far-right Oath Keepers and Proud Boys |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/08/capitol-attack-january-6-proud-boys-oath-keepers |work=The Guardian |date=April 8, 2022}}
• CNN reported that documents the committee obtained included a text message Donald Trump Jr. sent to Meadows two days after the election. The text outlined paths to subvert the Electoral College process and ensure his father a second term. Trump Jr. wrote, "It's very simple. We have multiple paths. We control them all. We have operational control. Total leverage. Moral high ground. POTUS must start second term now." He continued, "Republicans control 28 states Democrats 22 states. Once again Trump wins", adding, "We either have a vote WE control and WE win OR it gets kicked to Congress 6 January 2021." Biden had not yet been declared the winner at the time of the text.{{cite news |title=CNN Exclusive: 'We control them all': Donald Trump Jr. texted Meadows ideas for overturning 2020 election before it was called |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/08/politics/donald-trump-jr-meadows-text/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=April 8, 2022|last1=Nobles|first1=Ryan|last2=Cohen|first2=Zachary|last3=Grayer|first3=Annie}}
• April 10: The New York Times reported that committee members were divided on whether to make a criminal referral to the DOJ, though they agreed they had sufficient evidence.{{cite news |title=Jan. 6 Panel Has Evidence for Criminal Referral of Trump, but Splits on Sending |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/us/politics/jan-6-trump-criminal-referral.html |work=The New York Times |date=April 10, 2022|last1=Schmidt|first1=Michael S.|last2=Broadwater|first2=Luke}} Vice chair Liz Cheney said there had been "a massive and well-organized and well-planned effort that used multiple tools to try to overturn an election" and that it was "absolutely clear" that Trump and his allies "knew it was unlawful".{{cite news |last=Ward |first=Myah |title=Cheney says Jan. 6 committee has enough evidence for a criminal referral for Trump - Her statement followed a New York Times report that said the panel is divided on whether to move forward. |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/10/cheney-evidence-trump-criminal-referral-00024290 |date=April 10, 2022 |work=Politico |access-date=April 11, 2022 }}{{cite news |last1=Schmidt |first1=-Michael S. |last2=Broadwater |first2=Luke |title=Jan. 6 Panel Has Evidence for Criminal Referral of Trump, but Splits on Sending - Despite concluding that it has enough evidence, the committee is concerned that making a referral to the Justice Department would backfire by politicizing the investigation into the Capitol riot. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/10/us/politics/jan-6-trump-criminal-referral.html |date=April 10, 2022 |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 11, 2022 }}
• April 13:
• Former White House counsel Pat A. Cipollone and his deputy Patrick F. Philbin met with the committee after Trump gave them permission.{{Cite news |last1=Haberman |first1=Maggie |last2=Broadwater |first2=Luke |date=2022-04-13 |title=Two Trump White House Lawyers Meet With Jan. 6 Investigators |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/13/us/politics/trump-lawyers-jan-6.html |access-date=2022-04-13 |issn=0362-4331}}
• NARA archivist David S. Ferriero gave Trump advance notice that he planned to turn over more documents to the committee on April 28.{{cite web |last=Ferriero |first=David |date=April 13, 2022 |title=Letter from David S. Ferriero to Donald J. Trump |url=https://www.archives.gov/files/foia/ferriero-response-to-february-23-2022-trump-privilege-letter.04.13.2022.pdf |access-date=April 13, 2022 |website=National Archives}}
• April 15: CNN published text messages the committee had obtained from Mark Meadows, focused on his communications with Senator Mike Lee and Representative Chip Roy, both of whom had backed off their initial support of Trump's efforts to challenge the election. Lee had grown disillusioned with Sidney Powell's wild claims, and when no state legislatures convened to pursue Eastman's fake electors scheme, Lee had voted to approve the official electoral results. He then criticized senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley for their continued election denial.{{cite news |title=CNN Exclusive: 'We need ammo. We need fraud examples. We need it this weekend.' What the Meadows texts reveal about how two Trump congressional allies lobbied the White House to overturn the election. |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/15/politics/mike-lee-chip-roy-text-messages-jan-6-mark-meadows-overturn-election/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=April 15, 2022|last1=Nobles|first1=Ryan|last2=Grayer|first2=Annie|last3=Cohen|first3=Zachary|last4=Gangel|first4=Jamie}}{{cite news |last1=Broadwater |first1=Luke |title='Call Everyone Off': Texts to Meadows Trace Republicans' Alarm Before Jan. 6 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/us/politics/mike-lee-chip-roy-jan-6-texts.html |work=The New York Times |date=April 15, 2022}}
• April 18: A court filing by Eastman indicated that he was still trying to withhold 37,000 pages of emails. Federal judge David Carter will again consider his request.{{cite web |last=Cheney |first=Kyle |date=April 18, 2022 |title=Eastman shielding 37,000 pages of Trump-related email from Jan. 6 committee |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/18/john-eastman-records-exclusion-00026159 |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=Politico|language=en}}
• April 20: The Justice Department wrote to the committee with a broad request for transcripts of witness interviews "and of any additional interviews you conduct in the future", acknowledging that they could be used "as evidence in potential criminal cases, to pursue new leads or as a baseline for new interviews conducted by federal law enforcement officials". Kenneth Polite, assistant attorney general for the criminal division, and Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, wrote the committee's lead investigator Timothy Heaphy, advising him that the transcripts "may contain information relevant to a criminal investigation we are conducting".

• May 1: U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Kelly rejected the RNC's attempt to protect its Salesforce fundraising data from being released to the committee. The committee had claimed that the RNC and the Trump campaign had sent emails through Salesforce to spread claims of election fraud which in turn "motivated" the attack on the Capitol. Acknowledging the committee's position, the judge ruled that the committee has the constitutional right to seek information through a subpoena, and he rejected the RNC's argument that the First Amendment shields its information.{{cite news |last=Hsu |first=Spencer S. |title=Judge rejects RNC bid to block email, fundraising data from Jan. 6 panel - House probes whether Trump, RNC profited from and stoked violence through false, inflammatory claims of election fraud |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/05/02/rnc-jan6-salesforce-fundraising-lawsuit/ |date=May 2, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=May 2, 2022 }}
• May 2: The committee requested voluntary interviews with Representatives Mo Brooks of Alabama, Andy Biggs of Arizona, and Ronny Jackson of Texas.{{cite web |last1=Amiri |first1=Farnoush |last2=Jalonick |first2=Mary Clare |date=2022-05-02 |title=Jan. 6 Panel Wants Interviews With Brooks, Biggs, Jackson |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/january-6-capitol-riot-panel-biggs-brooks-jackson_n_626ffdc6e4b0cca675586653 |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=HuffPost|language=en}} All three declined.{{cite web |last1=Wu |first1=Nicholas |last2=Woodruff Swan |first2=Betsy |date=May 2, 2022 |title=3 pro-Trump GOP lawmakers reject Jan. 6 committee's requests for testimony |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/gop-lawmakers-testimony-capitol-riot-00029322 |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Politico|language=en}}
• May 6: Rudy Giuliani, scheduled to testify on this day, backed out after requesting and being denied the right to record his testimony.{{cite web |last=Vlachou |first=Marita |date=2022-05-06 |title=Rudy Giuliani Backs Out Of Jan. 6 Committee Interview Because He Couldn't Record It |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rudy-giuliani-backs-out-of-jan-6-committee-interview_n_6274f288e4b00fbab62ccd86 |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=HuffPost|language=en}}
• May 12: The committee issued subpoenas to House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and Republican congressmen Jim Jordan, Mo Brooks, Scott Perry and Andy Biggs. The subpoenaing of House members by a committee had no modern precedent, apart from those of the House Ethics Committee. Unlike other subpoenas issued by the committee, the scope and contents of these were not disclosed, including whether documents or communications records were demanded.{{cite news |title=January 6 committee subpoenas 5 GOP lawmakers close to Trump, including McCarthy |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/january-6-committee-subpoenas-kevin-mccarthy-jim-jordan-mo-brooks-scott-perry-andy-biggs/ |publisher=CBS News |date=May 12, 2022|last1=MacFarlane|first1=Scott|last2=Quinn|first2=Melissa|last3=Watson|first3=Kathryn}}{{cite news |title=Veil of secrecy surrounds the Jan. 6 subpoenas for GOP lawmakers |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/13/jan-6-subpoenas-gop-lawmakers-00032479 |work=Politico|date=May 13, 2022|last1=Cheney|first1=Kyle|last2=Wu|first2=Nicholas}}
• May 17: The New York Times reported the committee was negotiating with the Justice Department to exchange the witness interview transcripts for information the DOJ has. This was also the first news report about the April 20 request.
• May 19:
• The committee asked Republican congressman Barry Loudermilk to voluntarily meet with investigators, writing, "we believe you have information regarding a tour you led through parts of the Capitol complex" the day before the attack, adding that "reporting and witness accounts indicate some individuals and groups engaged in efforts to gather information about the layout of the U.S. Capitol, as well as the House and Senate office buildings, in advance of January 6, 2021."{{cite news |title=House Jan. 6 committee asks GOP Rep. Loudermilk to appear |url=https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3494772-house-jan-6-committee-asks-gop-rep-loudermilk-to-appear/ |work=The Hill|date=May 19, 2022}} (The committee later publicly identified the man who photographed hallways and staircases in the Capitol complex as Trevor Hallgren, who had traveled to Washington with Danny Hamilton. On January 6, Hamilton carried a flag with a sharpened tip that he suggested was a weapon intended for a specific target, while Hallgren named Democratic politicians and said: "We’re coming for you{{Nbsp}}... We’re coming to take you out."){{Cite web |date=22 December 2022 |title=Final report |url=https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/Report_FinalReport_Jan6SelectCommittee.pdf |access-date=23 December 2022 |website=january6th.house.gov |page=642}}{{cite AV media |others=January 6th Committee |title=Loudermilk Footage |date=5 June 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9RNJ1tx4zw |via=YouTube |language=en |access-date=2022-12-24}} In Loudermilk's same-day reply, he said he gave a tour to a family with young children. He denied that it was "a suspicious group or 'reconnaissance tour{{' "}}, and he did not indicate whether he intended to cooperate with the committee.{{Cite news |last=Broadwater |first=Luke |date=2022-05-19 |title=Jan. 6 Inquiry Presses Republican Lawmaker About Capitol Tour |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/us/politics/jan-6-committee-loudermilk.html |access-date=2022-05-22 |issn=0362-4331}}
• Former attorney general Bill Barr was reportedly in active negotiations to provide sworn testimony and formal transcribed testimony.{{cite news |last1=Swan |first1=Jonathan |title=Scoop: Bill Barr in discussions to cooperate with Jan. 6 committee |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/05/19/bill-barr-jan6-committee |work=Axios|date=May 19, 2022}}
• John Eastman revealed that he sometimes spoke directly with Trump about a strategy to overturn the election but also had six intermediaries who could reach Trump for him. In a court filing, Eastman sought to block the committee from receiving two of Trump's handwritten notes, communications from seven state legislators, a document discussing possible "scenarios for Jan. 6", and a document discussing possible election-related lawsuits.{{Cite news |last=Broadwater |first=Luke |date=2022-05-20 |title=Lawyer Says He Dealt Directly With Trump Over Jan. 6 Plans |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/20/us/politics/john-eastman-trump-jan-6.html |access-date=2022-05-23 |issn=0362-4331}}
• May 20: Giuliani spoke with the committee for more than nine hours.{{cite news |title=First on CNN: Giuliani meets with January 6 committee for more than 9 hours |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/20/politics/rudy-giuliani-january-6-committee/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=May 21, 2022|last1=Nobles|first1=Ryan|last2=Reid|first2=Paula}}

• June 2: Bill Barr gave in-person testimony behind closed doors for two hours.{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Zachary |last2=Rabinowitz |first2=Hannah |date=June 2, 2022 |title=Former Attorney General William Barr meets with January 6 select committee |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/02/politics/william-barr-insurrection-committee-meeting/index.html |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=CNN}}
• June 3: The FBI arrested Peter Navarro, who had been indicted by a grand jury the previous day for contempt of Congress. Chairman Thompson and Vice Chair Cheney said it was "puzzling"{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Bennie G. |last2=Cheney |first2=Liz |date=June 3, 2022 |title=THOMPSON & CHENEY STATEMENT ON JUSTICE DEPARTMENT DECISIONS ON CONTEMPT REFERRALS |work=January6th.house.gov |url=https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases/thompson-cheney-statement-justice-department-decisions-contempt-referrals |access-date=June 6, 2022 |quote=While today's indictment of Peter Navarro was the correct decision by the Justice Department, we find the decision to reward Mark Meadows and Dan Scavino for their continued attack on the rule of law puzzling. Mr. Meadows and Mr. Scavino unquestionably have relevant knowledge about President Trump's role in the efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the events of January 6th. We hope the Department provides greater clarity on this matter. If the Department's position is that either or both of these men have absolute immunity from appearing before Congress because of their former positions in the Trump Administration, that question is the focus of pending litigation. As the Select Committee has argued in District Court, Mark Meadows's claim that he is entitled to absolute immunity is not correct or justified based on the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel Memoranda. No one is above the law.}} that the DOJ had decided not to prosecute Mark Meadows and Dan Scavino, both of whom Congress had also held in contempt months earlier.{{cite web |last1=Balsamo |first1=Michael |last2=Tucker |first2=Eric |last3=Amiri |first3=Farnoush |date=2022-06-04 |title=DOJ Won't Charge Mark Meadows, Dan Scavino For Contempt Of Congress |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/justice-department-declines-to-charge-meadows-scavino_n_629ab4ece4b07aa93899f882 |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=HuffPost|language=en}}
• June 7: Judge David Carter ruled that Eastman must disclose an additional 159 sensitive documents to the committee. Ten documents related to three December 2020 meetings by a secretive group, including someone whom Carter characterized as a "high-profile" leader, strategizing about how to overturn the election. Carter decided that one email in particular contained likely evidence of a crime, and he ordered it disclosed under the crime-fraud exception of attorney-client privilege. It contained a warning by an unidentified attorney that the Trump legal team should not go to court over the upcoming Congressional session to certify the Electoral College vote count, since litigating might "tank the January 6 strategy".{{cite news |last1=Cheney |first1=Kyle |title=Judge sends another trove of Eastman emails to Jan. 6 committee |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/07/judge-eastman-emails-jan-6-committee-00037999 |work=Politico|date=June 7, 2022}}
• June 9: First public hearing. New footage of the attack was shown, and the first witnesses testified publicly.{{cite news |last1=Watson |first1=Kathryn |title=6 new things we learned from the first public Jan. 6 hearing |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/january-6-committee-hearing-learned/ |website=www.cbsnews.com |access-date=June 10, 2022}} It was revealed that Representative Scott Perry had requested a pardon at the end of the Trump administration.{{cite web |last=Lavender |first=Paige |date=2022-06-10 |title=Members Of Congress Asked Trump For Pardons After Jan. 6, Committee Says |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/congress-pardons-jan-6_n_62a29201e4b06594c1c65423 |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=HuffPost|language=en}}
• June 12: Committee members Adam Schiff and Jamie Raskin told reporters there was enough evidence to recommend that the Justice Department indict President Donald Trump.{{cite web |last=Yen |first=Hope |date=2022-06-13 |title=Jan. 6 Panelists: Enough Evidence Uncovered To Indict Trump |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-trump-evidence-indict-trump_n_62a6969ee4b04a617350c1f0 |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=HuffPost|language=en}}{{cite web |last=Saric |first=Ivana |date=2022-06-12 |title=Schiff: "Credible evidence" to indict Trump |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/06/12/jan-6-committee-indict-trump |access-date=2022-07-09 |website=Axios|language=en}}
• June 13: Second public hearing. The committee presented testimony that Trump knew he lost the 2020 election yet promoted the false narrative to exploit donors, raking in "half a billion" dollars.{{cite news |last=Pagliery |first=Jose |title=Jan. 6 Hearing Bombshells: Trump Knew He Lost—and Profited - HE KNEW |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/jan-6-committee-hearing-bombshell-donald-trump-knew-he-lost |date=June 13, 2022 |work=The Daily Beast |access-date=June 13, 2022 }}{{cite news |last=Markay |first=Lachlan |title=Election Lies Help Trump and RNC Rake in Half a Billion - BIG $$$ |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/election-lies-help-trump-and-rnc-rake-in-half-a-billion |date=December 3, 2020 |work=The Daily Beast |access-date=June 13, 2022 }}
• June 15:
• The committee released video of Representative Barry Loudermilk leading 15 people through the Capitol complex on January 5, 2021, the day before the insurrection. One unnamed man was seen photographing Capitol passageways such as staircases. In a separate video taken the next day during the insurrection, the same man stood outside the Capitol building and screamed threats about Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and others.{{cite news |last1=Grayer|first1=Annie|last2=Cohen|first2=Zachary|last3=Nobles|first3=Ryan |title=January 6 committee has footage that challenges Capitol Police findings over alleged role of GOP congressman |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/15/politics/barry-loudermilk-tour-january-6/index.html |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=CNN}} On May 19, when the committee had requested a voluntary interview with Loudermilk about the matter, he wrote a statement claiming he had given a tour to "a constituent family with young children" on January 5 who "did not enter the Capitol grounds on the 6th".{{Cite news |last=Broadwater |first=Luke |date=2022-05-19 |title=Jan. 6 Inquiry Presses Republican Lawmaker About Capitol Tour |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/us/politics/jan-6-committee-loudermilk.html |access-date=2022-06-15 |issn=0362-4331}} On June 15, Loudermilk again denied responsibility, but this time he omitted the denial of their presence at the Capitol on January 6. He also complained—despite continuing to refuse the committee's request for an interview—that the committee had not spoken to him directly about his activities.{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Tia |last2=Murphy |first2=Patricia |last3=Bluestein |first3=Greg |title=The Jolt: Loudermilk's Jan. 5 tour creates he said/they said controversy |url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/the-jolt-loudermilks-jan-5-tour-creates-he-saidthey-said-national-controversy/QILI2HT4URGPTEZQ3KHKSYKJXU/ |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=Political Insider (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) |language=English}}
• The New York Times reported on an email exchange dated December 24, 2020, that the committee had obtained, between Eastman, attorney Kenneth Chesebro and Trump campaign officials. Eastman wrote he was aware of a "heated fight" within the Supreme Court about whether to hear a case, and participants in the email exchange discussed whether to file a Wisconsin case that four justices would agree to bring before the full court. Eastman wrote: "The odds are not based on the legal merits but an assessment of the justices' spines." Chesebro responded that the "odds of action before Jan. 6 will become more favorable if the justices start to fear that there will be 'wild' chaos on Jan. 6 unless they rule by then, either way". Chesebro, a New York appellate attorney, had 11 days earlier emailed Rudy Giuliani with a proposal for Pence to recuse himself from the January 6 certification so a senior Republican senator could count fraudulent elector slates to declare Trump the victor.{{cite news |title=Trump Lawyer Cited 'Heated Fight' Among Justices Over Election Suits |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/us/trump-emails-eastman-chesebro-jan-6.html |work=The New York Times |date=June 15, 2022|last1=Broadwater|first1=Luke|last2=Haberman|first2=Maggie}}{{cite news |title=Email to Giuliani reveals plan to keep Trump in office on Jan. 6, court records show |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-news-giuliani-kenneth-chesebro-email-plan-january-6/ |publisher=CBS News |date=June 3, 2022|last=Legare|first=Robert}}
• June 16:
• Third public hearing.
• Having recently acquired Ginni Thomas's emails with Eastman,{{cite news |last1=Alemany|first1=Jacqueline|last2=Dawsey|first2=Josh|last3=Brown|first3=Emma |date=June 15, 2022 |title=Ginni Thomas corresponded with John Eastman, sources in Jan. 6 House investigation say |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/06/15/ginni-thomas-john-eastman-emails/}} Thompson and Cheney reversed a previous decision and asked her for an interview.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/us/ginni-thomas-jan-6-interview-hearing.html|title=Jan. 6 panel will pursue an interview with Virginia Thomas, reversing an earlier decision not to.|first=Luke|last=Broadwater|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 16, 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Mizelle |first1=Shawna |last2=Sneed |first2=Tierney |date=June 16, 2022 |title=Jan. 6 panel sends request to Ginni Thomas after she says she looks 'forward to talking' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/16/politics/ginni-thomas-january-6-committee/index.html |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=CNN}}
• June 17: After receiving another letter from the Justice Department, now characterizing transcripts of witness interviews as "critical" to its investigations, the committee said it was "engaged in a cooperative process to address" the DOJ's needs. Like the April 20 letter, this letter was signed by Matthew Graves and Kenneth Polite, with the addition of Matthew Olsen, the Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division.{{cite news |title=Jan. 6 committee says it's cooperating with DOJ request for interview transcripts |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jan-6-committee-says-cooperating-doj-request-interview-transcripts-rcna34174 |publisher=NBC News |date=June 17, 2022|last1=Gregorian|first1=Dareh|last2=Haake|first2=Garrett}}
• June 21:
• Fourth public hearing.
• Politico reported the committee had subpoenaed documentary filmmaker Alex Holder the previous week. Holder had been granted extensive access to Trump and his inner circle and had filmed interviews with Trump before and after January 6. The existence of the footage had not been previously reported.{{cite news |title=Unseen Trump tapes subpoenaed by House panel investigating Jan. 6 |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/21/new-trump-tapes-subpoena-00040924 |work=Politico|date=June 21, 2022|last1=Daniels|first1=Eugene|last2=Lizza|first2=Ryan}} The resultant documentary miniseries, Unprecedented, was released two weeks later.{{cite news |title=Discovery+ Nabs Rights to Alex Holder's Trump 2020 Election Footage Documentary|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/discovery-stream-unprecedented-docuseries-alex-holder-1235170494/|work=Hollywood Reporter |date=June 22, 2022|last=Kilkenny|first=Katie}}
• June 23: Fifth public hearing. Former DOJ officials during the Trump administration testified live about how Trump tried to enlist the DOJ to overturn the 2020 presidential election.{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-adam-kinzinger-jan-6-hearing-20220623-tdh7azhkcvgzpe33op5bwwakpu-story.html|title=As he oversees Jan. 6 panel, U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger says Trump's 'total disregard for the Constitution and his oath will be fully exposed'|last=Byrne|first=John|date=June 23, 2022|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=June 30, 2022}} Videotaped testimony revealed that Representatives Mo Brooks, Andy Biggs, and Louie Gohmert asked for pardons at the end of the Trump administration. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene may also have asked for a pardon, according to a former aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.{{cite web |last1=Delaney |first1=Arthur |last2=Bobic |first2=Igor |date=2022-06-23 |title=At Least 5 Members Of Congress Asked Trump For Pardons, According To Jan. 6 Committee |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ongress-members-asked-trump-pardons-january-6_n_62b4d3c4e4b0cdccbe68f26a |access-date=2022-06-23 |website=HuffPost|language=en}} It had been reported two months earlier that GOP Representative Matt Gaetz had asked for a blanket pardon;{{Cite news |last1=Schmidt |first1=Michael S. |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |last3=Fandos |first3=Nicholas |date=April 6, 2021 |title=Matt Gaetz, Loyal for Years to Trump, Is Said to Have Sought a Blanket Pardon |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/us/politics/matt-gaetz-trump-pardon.html |url-status=live |access-date=April 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407004217/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/us/politics/matt-gaetz-trump-pardon.html |archive-date=April 7, 2021}} his pardon request was also discussed at the hearing.
• June 28: Sixth public hearing.

• July 8:
• Pat Cipollone, former White House counsel, testified for eight hours. He had already given a closed-door interview on April 13 and had been subpoenaed on June 29.{{cite news |last1=Grayer |first1=Annie |last2=Cohen, and |first2=Zachary |last3=Collins |first3=Kaitlan |last4=Brown |first4=Pamela |date=July 6, 2022 |title=Cipollone reaches deal to give transcribed interview to January 6 committee |website=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/06/politics/pat-cipollone-deposition-january-6-committee-this-week/index.html |access-date=2022-07-06}} Representative Zoe Lofgren said his testimony was consistent with that of other witnesses and that he spoke about Trump's "dereliction of duty".{{cite web |last=Papenfuss |first=Mary |date=2022-07-11 |title=Pat Cipollone Testified About Trump's 'Dereliction Of Duty' Jan. 6: Rep. Zoe Lofgren |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/zoe-lofgre-pat-cipollone-trump-dereliction-of-duty-jake-tapper_n_62cb9098e4b06e3d9bb6fbd7 |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=HuffPost|language=en}}{{Cite news |last1=Stanley-Becker |first1=Isaac |last2=Dawsey |first2=Josh |last3=Alemany |first3=Jacqueline |date=July 8, 2022 |title=Trump considers waiving claim of executive privilege for Steve Bannon |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/07/08/bannon-executive-privilege-trump-january-6/ |access-date=July 9, 2022}} Testimony was closed-door and videotaped. In response to some questions, he asserted executive privilege.{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Pamela |date=July 9, 2022 |title=Cipollone asserted executive privilege to some January 6 committee questions |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/09/politics/pat-cipollone-january-6-executive-privilege/index.html |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=CNN}}
• Stewart Rhodes, leader of the Oath Keepers, offered – from jail – to testify to the committee, under the conditions that his testimony is presented without editing before an open forum, somewhere other than jail.
• July 9: Trump wrote to Steve Bannon, who was anticipating imminent trial for his federal indictment for refusing to comply with his subpoena. Trump said he would "waive Executive Privilege for you, which allows you to go in and testify truthfully and fairly", as long as Bannon could agree with the committee on when and where he would testify. Bannon's lawyer immediately wrote to the committee, asking "to testify at your public hearing" rather than in a closed-door deposition that would last hours.{{cite news |last=Murray |first=Sara |date=July 10, 2022 |title=Steve Bannon says he's willing to testify before January 6 committee after Trump waives claims of executive privilege |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/10/politics/steve-bannon-trump-january-6-executive-privilege/index.html |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=CNN}} (The committee did not entertain the idea.){{Cite news |date=11 July 2022 |title=Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon offers to testify in U.S. probe of Jan. 6 riot |language=en |work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ex-trump-adviser-bannon-offers-testify-us-panel-probe-jan-6-riot-2022-07-10/ |access-date=19 December 2022}}
• July 11: A judge ruled that Steve Bannon's lawyers cannot argue that the committee's subpoena violated House rules nor that Trump ordered him to defy the subpoena.{{cite web |last=Merchant |first=Nomaan |date=2022-07-11 |title=Judge Refuses To Delay Trial For Trump's Ex-adviser Steve Bannon |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/capitol-riot-bannon-trump_n_62cc8452e4b06e3d9bb919ab |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=HuffPost|language=en}}
• July 12: Seventh public hearing. Representative Liz Cheney revealed that Donald Trump had called one of the committee's witnesses. That person did not answer Trump's call. The witness was said to be someone who had not yet testified publicly.{{cite web |last=Lavender |first=Paige |date=July 12, 2022 |title=Trump Tried To Contact A Jan. 6 Committee Witness, Liz Cheney Says |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-jan-6-witness_n_62cdd1cfe4b0aa392d45562c |website=HuffPost|language=en}} The person was later further identified (but not named) as a White House support staffer who did not routinely speak to Trump and who had been speaking to the committee. The phone call had happened sometime within the previous two weeks, following Cassidy Hutchinson's public testimony.{{cite news |last1=Nobles |first1=Ryan |last2=Bash |first2=Dana |last3=Grayer |first3=Annie |last4=Cohen |first4=Zachary |date=January 14, 2022 |title=First on CNN: Trump tried to call a member of the White House support staff talking with January 6 committee, sources say |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/13/politics/trump-contact-white-house-support-staffer-january-6-committee/index.html |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=CNN}}
• July 15:
• The committee subpoenaed the U.S. Secret Service for text messages from January 5–6, 2021, that its agents deleted.
• Patrick Byrne, former CEO of Overstock, testified behind closed doors.{{cite news |last=Millman |first=Andrew |date=July 16, 2022 |title=Former Overstock CEO testifies to Jan. 6 committee for nearly eight hours |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/15/politics/former-overstock-ceo-testifies-january-6-committee/index.html |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=CNN}}
• July 18: Jury selection began in Steve Bannon's trial.{{cite news |last1=Polantz |first1=Katelyn |last2=Sneed |first2=Tierney |date=July 18, 2022 |title=Bannon trial set to begin over failure to comply with Jan. 6 committee subpoenas |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/18/politics/bannon-trial-begins-jan-6-subpoenas/index.html |access-date=2022-07-18 |website=CNN}}
• July 19:
• The Secret Service said it could not recover the text messages.{{Cite news |last=Leonnig |first=Carol D. |date=July 19, 2022 |title=Secret Service cannot recover texts; no new details for Jan. 6 committee |newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/19/secret-service-texts/ |access-date=July 19, 2022}} The National Archives called for an investigation.{{cite web |last=Grenoble |first=Ryan |date=2022-07-19 |title=Secret Service Reportedly Can't Recover Jan. 6 Texts, National Archives Wants Probe |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/national-archives-deleted-secret-service-texts_n_62d6c6bbe4b008a2d03f1ac4 |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=HuffPost|language=en}}
• Garrett Ziegler, a Trump White House aide to Peter Navarro, spoke to the committee. Afterward, he livestreamed himself calling the investigation a "Bolshevistic anti-White campaign...[that] see[s] me as a young Christian who they can try to basically scare" and insulting Cassidy Hutchinson and Alyssa Farah Griffin, two Trump administration officials who have cooperated with the committee.{{cite news |last1=Cohen |first1=Marshall |last2=Rabinowitz |first2=Hannah |date=2022-07-20 |title=Former Trump White House aide who met with January 6 panel attacks witnesses, lawmakers in profane and sexist rant |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/20/politics/garrett-ziegler-rant/index.html |access-date=2022-07-20 |website=CNN}}
• July 20: The Department of Homeland Security's Inspector General informed the Secret Service that it was opening a criminal probe into the missing text messages.{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Pete |last2=Ainsley |first2=Julia |date=July 21, 2022 |title=DHS has launched criminal probe into destruction of Secret Service texts |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/dhs-launched-criminal-probe-destruction-jan-6-secret-service-text-mess-rcna39392 |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=NBC News |language=en}} This probe is separate from the House committee's subpoena. It was revealed that DHS had already known that the Secret Service had deleted its text messages.
• July 21: Eighth public hearing.
• July 22: Steve Bannon was convicted of two counts of contempt of Congress for his refusal to testify and produce documents. He will be sentenced on October 21.{{cite web |last1=Polantz |first1=Katelyn |last2=Sneed |first2=Tierney |last3=Lee |first3=JiMin |last4=Sangal |first4=Aditi |date=2022-07-22 |title=Judge sets Bannon's sentencing for Oct. 21 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/steve-bannon-trial-contempt-congress-07-22-22/h_67ff91802a542134ccb0af4c704c9e28 |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=CNN|language=en}}
• July 24: Committee Vice Chair Representative Liz Cheney said the committee would consider subpoenaing Ginni Thomas. They had already asked her on June 16 to meet with them voluntarily.{{cite news |last=Diaz |first=Daniella |date=July 24, 2022 |title=January 6 committee could subpoena Ginni Thomas |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/24/politics/liz-cheney-donald-trump-january-6-cnntv/index.html |access-date=2022-07-24 |website=CNN}}{{Cite web |last=Vlachou |first=Marita |date=2022-09-05 |title=Jamie Raskin Says Jan. 6 Committee Still Wants To Hear From Ginni Thomas |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ginni-thomas-jan-6-committee-raskin_n_6315ca3be4b046aa022bf2ae |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=HuffPost|language=en}}
• July 26: Chairman Thompson, in his capacity as Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee and Chairwoman Maloney of the House Oversight & Reform Committee sent a joint-letter to DHS IG and Allison C. Lerner, Chair of Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency to have Cuffari step aside from the investigation into the missing Secret Service text messages and have the CIGIE appoint another Inspector General to conduct the investigation.{{cite web |url=https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/chairs-maloney-and-thompson-call-for-dhs-inspector-general-to-step-aside-from |title=Chairs Maloney and Thompson Call for DHS Inspector General to Step Aside from Investigation of Erased January 6 Text Messages | House Committee on Oversight and Reform |publisher=Oversight.house.gov |date=July 26, 2022 |access-date=2022-08-04 |archive-date=August 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804183648/https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/chairs-maloney-and-thompson-call-for-dhs-inspector-general-to-step-aside-from |url-status=dead }}
• July 28:
• It was reported that the committee had already interviewed Trump's former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin – as well as other former Cabinet officials, including Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller and Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen – and was likely to interview former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe.{{cite news |last1=Nobles |first1=Ryan |last2=Cohen |first2=Zachary |last3=Grayer |first3=Annie |date=July 28, 2022 |title=Jan. 6 committee interviewed Mnuchin, engaging with others as it expands interest into 25th Amendment |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/28/politics/january-6-mnuchin-25th-amendment/index.html |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=CNN}}
• Former acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney spoke to the committee for about two and a half hours. He said he was asked about his involvement in the Trump campaign, his conversations around Election Day, and his messages on January 6.{{Cite web |last=Zanona |first=Melanie |date=July 29, 2022 |title=Mick Mulvaney, ex-White House acting chief of staff, testifies before the January 6 committee |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/28/politics/mulvaney-january-6-committee-testimony/index.html |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=CNN}}

• August 1: Chairman Thompson repeated his July 26 request, asking DHS IG Cuffari to "step aside". He demanded documents and interviews, citing evidence that Cuffari's staff, at the direction of Deputy Inspector General Thomas Kait, may no longer be trying to obtain the Secret Service messages.{{cite web | url=https://www.axios.com/2022/08/02/democrats-dhs-inspector-general-secret-service-texts | title=Read: Top Democrats accuse DHS inspector general's office of Secret Service texts cover-up | date=August 2, 2022 }}{{Cite web |last1=Maloney |first1=Carolyn B. |last2=Thompson |first2=Bennie G. |date=August 1, 2022 |title=Letter to Joseph V. Cuffari |url=https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2022-08-01.CBM%20BGT%20to%20Cuffari-DHS%20re%20Document%20Request.pdf |access-date=19 December 2022 |website=oversight.house.gov |quote=We are writing with grave new concerns over your lack of transparency... |archive-date=August 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802140108/https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2022-08-01.CBM%20BGT%20to%20Cuffari-DHS%20re%20Document%20Request.pdf |url-status=dead }}
• August 8: The committee received Alex Jones's text messages. Jones's defense attorneys in the Heslin v. Jones defamation lawsuit by Sandy Hook parents had mistakenly given this telephone data to Mark Bankston, a plaintiff attorney, who then passed the data on to the committee. Bankston informed Judge Maya Guerra Gamble that the House committee had requested the text messages.{{Cite web |last=Darcy |first=Oliver |date=August 8, 2022 |title=First on CNN: Alex Jones' texts have been turned over to the January 6 committee, source says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/08/politics/alex-jones-january-6/index.html |access-date=2022-08-08 |website=CNN}}{{Citation |title=Alex Jones Defense Files Emergency Motion | date=August 4, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKbAmNwbiMk |language=en |access-date=2022-08-09}}{{Cite news |last=Queen |first=Jack |date=2022-08-04 |title=Judge denies Alex Jones request for mistrial in U.S. defamation case |language=en |work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/judge-denies-alex-jones-request-mistrial-us-defamation-case-2022-08-04/ |access-date=2022-08-09}}
• August 9: Mike Pompeo, former Secretary of State, met with the committee. According to Representative Zoe Lofgren, he "answer[ed] questions for quite some time".{{Cite web |last=Scannell |first=Kara |date=August 9, 2022 |title=Mike Pompeo meets with January 6 committee |url=https://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_4931317d16430983ad46c6f3780c38b9 |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=CNN |archive-date=August 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816180050/https://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_4931317d16430983ad46c6f3780c38b9 |url-status=dead }}
• August 12: It was reported that the committee had recently spoken to Elaine Chao, Trump's Secretary of Transportation.{{Cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Zachary |last2=Gangel |first2=Jamie |last3=Murray |first3=Sara |last4=Brown |first4=Pamela |date=August 12, 2022 |title=First on CNN: Elaine Chao, Trump's former Transportation Secretary, met with Jan. 6 committee as other Cabinet members engage with panel |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/11/politics/elaine-chao-trump-cabinet-january-6-25th-amendment/index.html |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=CNN}}
• August 23:
• Robert O'Brien, Trump's national security adviser, testified.{{Cite web |last1=Talbot |first1=Haley |last2=Gregorian |first2=Dareh |date=August 23, 2022 |title=Former Trump national security adviser Robert O'Brien interviewed by Jan. 6 committee |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/former-trump-national-security-adviser-robert-obrien-interviewed-jan-6-rcna44471 |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=NBC News |language=en}}
• Politico reports that aides to the committee had traveled to Copenhagen the previous week to view extensive documentary footage about Roger Stone. The documentary had been filmed by a crew led by {{ill|Christoffer Guldbrandsen|da}}.{{cite web |last1=Cheney |first1=Kyle |title=Jan. 6 panel investigators traveled to Copenhagen to view Stone footage |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/23/jan-6-investigators-traveled-to-copenhagen-00053310 |website=Politico |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906151548/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/23/jan-6-investigators-traveled-to-copenhagen-00053310 |archive-date=6 September 2022 |language=en |date=23 August 2022 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Swaine|first1=Jon|last2=Bennett|first2=Dalton |title=Jan. 6 committee, DOJ seek footage of Roger Stone from Danish filmmakers |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/06/24/roger-stone-footage-video-capitol/ |newspaper=Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729103146/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/06/24/roger-stone-footage-video-capitol/ |archive-date=29 July 2022 |date=24 June 2022 |url-status=live}} In June, Guldbrandsen had refused that FBI could access the footage directly, requiring a court order.{{cite web |last1=Tekeli |first1=Maya |title=Dansk dokumentarist nægter FBI adgang til sine unikke optagelser af Roger Stone: "De må gå rettens vej" |url=https://frihedsbrevet.dk/dansk-dokumentarist-naegter-fbi-adgang-til-sine-unikke-optagelser-af-roger-stone-de-maa-gaa-rettens-vej/ |website=:da:Frihedsbrevet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626115457/https://frihedsbrevet.dk/dansk-dokumentarist-naegter-fbi-adgang-til-sine-unikke-optagelser-af-roger-stone-de-maa-gaa-rettens-vej/ |archive-date=26 June 2022 |language=da-DK |date=26 June 2022 |quote={paywall} |url-status=live}}
• August 30: Tony Ornato retired as the assistant director of the Office of Training at the Secret Service. Hours later, Ornato told NBC News he would cooperate with the investigations of the select committee and of the Department of Homeland Security.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfkdiHkdPkc&ab_channel=MSNBC | title=Retiring Secret Service Official Tony Ornato Will Cooperate with Jan. 6 Committee | website=YouTube | date=August 30, 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/secret-service-official-center-explosive-jan-6-testimony-retires-agenc-rcna45396 | title=Secret Service official at center of explosive Jan. 6 testimony retires from agency | website=NBC News | date=August 30, 2022 }} He had already testified to the select committee in March.{{Cite web |last=Vlachou |first=Marita |date=2022-10-17 |title=Jan. 6 Committee Wants To Hear Again From Ex-Secret Service Members Ornato And Engel |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-committee-secret-service-additional-testimony_n_634d4d59e4b0e376dc0ecc76 |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=HuffPost|language=en}}

• September 1: The select committee requested that Newt Gingrich voluntarily appear for an interview about his communications with Trump's senior aides before and after the attack as well as his television ads pushing the big lie.{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Bennie G. |date=September 1, 2022 |title=Letter to Newt Gingrich |url=https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/2022-9-1.BGT%20letter%20to%20Gingrich%20Final.pdf |access-date=19 December 2022 |website=january6th.house.gov}}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/01/jan-6-committee-asks-former-speaker-newt-gingrich-sit-interview/ |title=Jan. 6 committee asks former speaker Newt Gingrich to sit for interview |date=2022-09-02 |orig-date=2022-09-01 |last1=Alemany|first1=Jacqueline|last2=Dawsey|first2=Josh |newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}{{WaPoCheckDates}}
• September 2: The select committee withdrew its subpoena against the Republican National Committee and Salesforce.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/02/jan6-committee-withdraws-subpoena-rnc-salesforce/ |title=Jan. 6 committee withdraws subpoena against RNC and Salesforce |date=2022-09-02 |last1=Alemany|first1=Jacqueline|last2=Dawsey|first2=Josh |newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/02/jan-6-committee-rnc-data-00054752 | title=Jan. 6 committee withdraws subpoena for RNC data | website=Politico | date=September 2, 2022 }}
• September 11:
• In an interview on the progressive podcast No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen, Representative Raskin stated that the select committee had been "taken totally by surprise by this new scandal" of the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago (an event over which the select committee had no jurisdiction). He also noted that the select committee's hearings could pertain to the missing text messages from the Secret Service as well as the Department of Defense.{{cite web |date=September 11, 2022 |title=Democrats get unexpected great news in Michigan |url=https://art19.com/shows/no-lie/episodes/d6366d1f-058d-4cbb-a15e-8e1359d4c7f1 |access-date=October 22, 2023 |website=No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen |quote=12:29–40}}
• September 12:
• The committee had reportedly been discussing the prioritization of investigative threads{{cite web |date=September 12, 2022 |title=January 6 committee set to meet in person on Tuesday as it debates whether to invite Trump and Pence to appear | CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/12/politics/january-6-committee-trump-pence-invite/index.html |website=CNN}} including:

1. Requesting testimony from Mike Pence and Donald Trump.
2. Whether to subpoena other high-profile individuals, including Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
3. Referring the former president to the Department of Justice (which is expanding its own criminal probe into January 6).{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/us/politics/trump-aides-jan-6-doj.html | title=Justice Dept. Issues 40 Subpoenas in a Week, Expanding Its Jan. 6 Inquiry | newspaper=The New York Times | date=September 12, 2022 | last1=Thrush | first1=Glenn | last2=Haberman | first2=Maggie | last3=Goldman | first3=Adam | last4=Feuer | first4=Alan }}
4. Taking action against the five Republican lawmakers in the House of Representatives who refused to cooperate with subpoenas: Kevin McCarthy (House Minority Leader), Jim Jordan, Mo Brooks, Andy Biggs, and Scott Perry.
5. Inquiring into the U.S. Secret Service, including the deletion of text messages, as well as allegations that former Secret Service agent Tony Ornato was personally involved in efforts to discredit the testimony of Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson.

• September 13: Chairman Thompson told reporters that the Select Committee planned another public hearing for September 28 (though this was ultimately postponed due to a hurricane).{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/09/13/jan-6-hearings-capitol-attack/8011004001/ | title=House hearings about the Capitol attack on Jan. 6 could resume Sept. 28, chairman says | website=USA Today }} He also said they planned to release an interim report in mid-October (which did not happen).{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2022/sep/16/trump-special-master-documents-biden-south-africa-latest?page=with:block-63249c258f083f878e70edbb | title=January 6 panel could release report on Trump and Capitol attack before midterms – as it happened | website=TheGuardian.com | date=September 16, 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.axios.com/2022/09/16/jan-6-committee-report-midterm-elections | title=Jan. 6 committee's October surprise | date=September 16, 2022 }}
• September 14:
• Chairman Thompson said the Secret Service had produced "thousands of exhibits", including text messages and "radio traffic", following the committee's July 15 subpoena.{{cite web | url=https://www.axios.com/2022/09/14/jan-6-panel-secret-service-texts-records | title=Jan. 6 panel's subpoena yields "thousands" of Secret Service records | date=September 14, 2022 }}{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Bennie G. |date=15 July 2022 |title=Subpoena: James M. Murray, Director of U.S. Secret Service |url=https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20220715%20J6%20Cmte%20Letter%20to%20USSS.pdf |access-date=19 December 2022 |website=january6th.house.gov}} Representative Lofgren said the committee "really pressed hard for the agency to release" the material.{{cite web | url=https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/watch/rep-lofgren-outrageous-that-trump-would-pardon-insurrectionists-148449349719 | title=Rep. Lofgren: 'Outrageous' that Trump would pardon insurrectionists | website=MSNBC }}
• In a court filing, the committee asked a federal judge in California for another 3,200 pages of emails from John Eastman. Additionally, House Counsel Douglas Letter asked the judge to review the remaining batch of emails and decide whether Eastman's claims of executive privilege are valid.{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/15/politics/house-january-6-committee-seeks-more-john-eastman-emails/index.html | title=House January 6 committee seeks more John Eastman emails | website=CNN | date=September 15, 2022 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22415609-house-jan-6-committee-filing-on-eastman-docs | title=DocumentCloud }}
• September 15:
• The Select Committee released a snippet of radio communications between Oath Keepers who were following live news coverage of the attack and reacting to President Trump's tweets. The select committee did not disclose the identities of these individuals, but they were said to be both on the ground and off-site.{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oath-keepers-trump-tweet-response-jan-6-audio/ | title=House Jan. 6 committee releases Oath Keepers' reaction when Trump tweeted during attack | website=CBS News | date=September 15, 2022 }}{{cite tweet|number=1570519072319709184|user=January6thCmte|title=The Select Committee has obtained a recording of communications over a walkie-talkie app among Oath Keepers who wer…|date=September 15, 2022}}
• Chairman Thompson stated that, in addition to possibly making referrals to the DOJ, the select committee may make referrals to other agencies like the Federal Election Commission.{{cite web | url=https://www.axios.com/2022/09/15/jan-6-committee-eyes-referrals-to-fec | title=January 6 committee eyes referrals to FEC | date=September 15, 2022 }}
• September 17: John McEntee, who served as Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office in the Trump Administration, testified that Representative Matt Gaetz sought a preemptive presidential pardon relating to an ongoing DOJ investigation into possible violations of federal sex trafficking laws. The DOJ had been investigating Gaetz since early 2021 over these allegations, including whether Gaetz had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl, but he had not been charged with any crimes.{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/17/politics/matt-gaetz-trump-pardon-justice-department/index.html | title=Rep. Gaetz sought Trump pardon, former White House aide testifies to Jan 6 committee | CNN Politics | website=CNN | date=September 18, 2022 }} McEntee did not comment. A spokesperson for Gaetz commented indirectly, saying that Gaetz never directly asked Trump for a pardon.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/17/matt-gaetz-pardon-sex-trafficking-probe/ |title=Gaetz sought pardon related to Justice Department sex trafficking probe |date=2022-09-18 |orig-date=2022-09-17 |last1=Alemany|first1=Jacqueline|last2=Gardner|first2=Amy |newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}{{WaPoCheckDates}}
• September 19: Vice Chair Liz Cheney and Representative Zoe Lofgren announced they would propose changes to the Electoral Count Act to make it harder to overturn a certified presidential election in the future.{{cite web |title=Jan. 6 panel members offer long-awaited elections reform bill |url=https://ground.news/article/jan-6-panel-members-offer-long-awaited-elections-reform-bill_49f043}}
• September 20: Rep. Cheney and Rep. Lofgren's bill, H.R. 8873 – The Presidential Election Reform Act,{{Cite web |last=Lofgren |first=Zoe |date=19 September 2022 |title=To amend title 3, United States Code, to reform the process for the counting of electoral votes, and for other purposes. |url=https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/BILLS-117HR8873IH.pdf |access-date=19 December 2022 |website=rules.house.gov |archive-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920173847/https://rules.house.gov/sites/democrats.rules.house.gov/files/BILLS-117HR8873IH.pdf |url-status=dead }} was sent to the House Committee on Rules and passed with a 9–3 vote.{{cite web | url=https://rules.house.gov/bill/117/hr-presidential-election-reform | title=H.R. 8873—Presidential Election Reform Act | date=September 16, 2022 }}
• September 21:
• HR 8873 passed the House 229–203, with all Democrats in favor. Nine Republicans, most of whom had voted for Trump's 2nd impeachment, also voted in favor.{{cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/2022/09/21/1124239193/house-legislation-electoral-count-act-reform | title=The House just passed a bill that would make it harder to overthrow an election | website=NPR.org }} HR 8873 was said to have more detail than the Senate version, S.4573 – Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022.{{cite web |date=July 20, 2022 |title=S.4573 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4573}}{{cite web |title=Congress' latest House-Senate wrangle: Preventing the next Jan. 6 |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/19/house-and-senate-split-over-how-to-prevent-the-next-jan-6-00057561 |website=Politico| date=September 19, 2022 }} Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, told the Washington Post this week that she preferred the Senate version, as it already had the approval of enough Senate Republicans to pass the filibuster threshold.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/19/houses-long-awaited-electoral-reform-bill-is-ready-can-it-pass/ |title=The House's long-awaited electoral reform bill is ready. Can it pass? |date=2022-09-19 |orig-date=2022-09-19 |last1=Sotomayor|first1=Marianna|last2=Caldwell|first2=Leigh Ann |newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}
• Ginni Thomas agreed to a voluntary interview.{{Cite news |last1=Alemany |first1=Jacqueline |last2=Paybarah |first2=Azi |date=21 September 2022 |title=Jan. 6 committee reaches deal with Ginni Thomas for an interview |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/21/ginni-thomas-january-6-interview/ |access-date=21 September 2022}}
• September 23: In a 60 Minutes interview, Denver Riggleman, former senior technical adviser for the January 6 Committee as well as an ex-military intelligence officer and former Republican congressman from Virginia, stated that the White House switchboard connected a telephone call to a Capitol rioter on January 6, 2021. Riggleman states that he had begged the January 6 Committee to push harder to identify the numbers. A spokesperson for the select committee that they have "run down all the leads and digested and analyzed all the information that arose from his (Riggleman's) work".{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/denver-riggleman-white-house-switchboard-capitol-rioter-january-6-60-minutes-2022-09-23/ | title=Riggleman: White House switchboard called a Capitol rioter on January 6 | website=CBS News | date=September 23, 2022 }}
• September 25:
• Wisconsin State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) filed a lawsuit{{Cite web |last1=Greim |first1=Edward D. |last2=Fernholz |first2=Matthew M. |last3=Mortara |first3=Adam K. |date=September 25, 2022 |title=Robin Vos v. January 6 Committee: Complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief & motion for temporary restraining order |url=https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000183-79ef-da48-a3e3-f9ef75c80000 |access-date=December 19, 2022 |website=Politico}} against the Jan. 6 Select Committee after receiving a subpoena{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Bennie G. |date=September 23, 2022 |title=Subpoena: Robin Vos |url=https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000183-79f9-da48-a3e3-f9fd55da0000 |access-date=December 19, 2022 |website=Politico}} calling him to testify before the committee Monday morning.{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jan-6-committee-subpoenas-wisconsin-gop-leader-targeted-trump-rcna49409 | title=Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Wisconsin GOP leader targeted by Trump | website=NBC News | date=September 26, 2022 }}
• Representative Raskin confirmed on Meet The Press that the Select Committee is aware of the communication between the White House switchboard and a rioter during the attack on the capitol. Raskin commented "You know, I can't say anything specific about that particular call, but we are aware of it."
• September 27: With Hurricane Ian approaching Florida, the Select Committee postponed its public hearing that had been scheduled for the next day, September 28. In a joint statement, Chairman Thompson and Vice Chair Cheney stated: "We're praying for the safety of all those in the storm's path."{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/27/jan-6-committee-postpones-planned-hearing-hurricane-ian-advances/ |title=Jan. 6 committee postpones planned hearing as Hurricane Ian advances |date=2022-09-27 |last1=Dawsey|first1=Josh|last2=Alemany|first2=Jacqueline |newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}}
• September 28: The scheduled meeting was postponed because of Hurricane Ian.
• September 29: Ginni Thomas voluntarily testified in person. Chairman Thompson said Thomas still believes the presidential election was stolen and that she answered "some questions".{{Cite web |last1=Grayer |first1=Annie |last2=Murray |first2=Sara |last3=Wilson |first3=Kristin |last4=Millman |first4=Andrew |last5=LeBlanc |first5=Paul |date=2022-09-29 |title=Ginni Thomas tells January 6 committee she didn't discuss election activities with Justice Clarence Thomas. |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/28/politics/ginni-thomas-january-6-committee-interview/index.html |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=CNN|language=en}} Thomas also denied having discussed her post-election activities with her husband, a Supreme Court justice.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/29/us/politics/ginni-thomas-jan-6-committee.html | title=Ginni Thomas Denies Discussing Election Subversion Efforts with Her Husband | newspaper=The New York Times| date=September 29, 2022 | last1=Broadwater | first1=Luke | last2=Lai | first2=Stephanie }}

• October 4: Kelli Ward, Chair of the Arizona Republican Party, declined to answer questions during her subpoenaed testimony before the select committee.{{cite web | url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2022/10/04/kelli-ward-refused-answer-questions-before-jan-6-committee/8178646001/ | title=Kelli Ward, Arizona GOP chair, refused to answer questions before Jan. 6 committee }}
• October 7: U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa dismissed Ward's request to toss out the February 15 subpoena, clearing the way for the select committee to gain access to her cell phone records.{{Cite web |last=Humetewa |first=Diane |date=22 September 2022 |title=Michael P. Ward v. Bennie G. Thompson, Case No. CV-22-08015-PCT-DJH |url=https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.azd.1286667/gov.uscourts.azd.1286667.55.0_2.pdf |access-date=17 December 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Bennie G. |date=February 15, 2022 |title=Subpoena: Kelli Ward |url=https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/2022-2-15.BGT%20Letter%20to%20Kelli%20Ward%20-%20Cover%20Letter%20and%20Schedule_Redacted.pdf |access-date=December 19, 2022 |website=january6th.house.gov}}
• October 11: US Capitol Police investigated a letter sent to Chairman Thompson that contained "concerning language" as well as a suspicious substance.{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/capitol-police-investigate-suspicious-substance-letter-jan-6-committee-rcna51716 | title=Capitol Police investigating letter with 'concerning language' found near Jan. 6 committee Chair Bennie Thompson's office | website=NBC News | date=October 11, 2022 }} They decided it did not pose a threat.{{cite tweet|number=1579888965892866049|user=CapitolPolice|title=1) This afternoon Congressional staff inside the Rayburn House Office Building reported that they received a letter…|date=October 11, 2022}}
• October 13: Ninth public hearing. The select committee voted unanimously, on live national TV, to subpoena Donald Trump.{{cite web |date=October 13, 2022 |title=10/13/22 Select Committee Hearing |url=https://january6th.house.gov/legislation/hearings/101322-select-committee-hearing}}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/10/13/jan-6-committee-hearings-live-updates/ |title=Committee subpoenas Donald Trump, other highlights from Jan. 6 hearing |date=2022-10-13 |last1=Wagner|first1=John|last2=Alfaro|first2=Mariana|last3=Paybarah|first3=Azi|last4=Scott|first4=Eugene|last5=Gardner|first5=Amy|last6=Alemany|first6=Jacqueline|last7=Dawsey|first7=Josh |newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}} Trump wrote a 14-page letter in reply.{{Cite news |last=Watson |first=Kathryn |date=October 14, 2022 |title=Trump writes letter to Jan. 6 committee after its vote to subpoena him and boasts about crowd size |language=en-US |work=CBS News|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-jan-6-committee-letter-crowd-size/ |access-date=2022-10-15}}
• October 19: Judge David Carter orders John Eastman to turn over an additional 33 documents to the select committee.{{Cite web |last1=Gregorian |first1=Dareh |last2=Barnes |first2=Daniel |date=19 October 2022 |title=Judge says Trump knew his voter fraud numbers were false, orders ex-lawyer to give more emails to Jan. 6 committee |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/judge-says-trump-knew-voter-fraud-numbers-false-orders-ex-lawyer-give-rcna53047 |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=NBC News |language=en}} Eight emails were of particular importance: Carter said that four related to the crime of obstruction, as they suggest that Eastman and other attorneys aimed primarily to "delay or otherwise disrupt" the certification of the election without necessarily believing the legal arguments they were submitting, and another four discussed filing lawsuits as a delay tactic.{{Cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Zachary |last2=Sneed |first2=Tierney |date=2022-10-19 |title=Trump knew voter fraud claims were wrong, federal judge says as he orders John Eastman emails turned over {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/19/politics/eastman-house-trump-documents/index.html |access-date=2022-10-20 |website=CNN|language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Polantz |first=Katelyn |date=2022-10-30 |title=January 6 committee obtains eight emails showing possible planning of post-election crime {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/30/politics/january-6-committee-2020-election-emails/index.html |access-date=2022-10-31 |website=CNN|language=en}} Carter ruled that they were "sufficiently related to and in furtherance of a conspiracy to defraud the United States.”{{cite web | url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23168524-ruling-on-eastman-documents | title=DocumentCloud }}
• October 21:
• Steve Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison for refusing to testify.{{Cite web |last=Sangal |first=Aditi |date=21 October 2022 |title=Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months in prison for contempt of Congress {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/steve-bannon-sentencing-10-20-22#h_cd7638a3f9594c0530f6ee1e06baab65 |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=CNN |language=en}} (He went on to appeal his conviction and sentence, so he remained free until July 2024.){{Cite news |date=2022-11-05 |title=Trump former adviser Bannon files notice of appeal in contempt of Congress conviction, sentence |language=en |work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-former-adviser-bannon-files-notice-appeal-contempt-congress-conviction-2022-11-04/ |access-date=2022-11-12}}{{Cite web |last1=Sneed |first1=Tierney |last2=Lybrand |first2=Holmes |date=21 October 2022 |title=What happens now that Bannon has been sentenced |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/steve-bannon-sentencing-10-20-22#h_a9381d0048796460a05b9791e6f6a9db |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=CNN|language=en}}
• The select committee formally subpoenaed former President Donald Trump for his testimony under oath as well as relevant records, having voted a week earlier to do so. They demanded that Trump provide documents by the morning of November 4 and testify on the morning of November 14.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-subpoena-jan-6-committee-2d63a2ba74c1874ef6ef0d8ae6d788c1|title=Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump, demanding historic testimony|first1=Farnoush|last1=Amiri|first2=Mary Clare|last2=Jalonick|publisher=Associated Press|date=October 21, 2022|access-date=October 21, 2022}}[https://january6th.house.gov/sites/democrats.january6th.house.gov/files/20221021%20J6%20Cmte%20Subpeona%20to%20Donald%20Trump.pdf Letter from Bennie G. Thompson, Chairman, and Liz Cheney, Vice Chair, to President Donald J. Trump] (October 21, 2022).{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/10/21/trump-subpoena-jan-6-committee/ |title=Trump subpoena from Jan. 6 committee sets deadlines for testimony, documents |date=2022-10-21 |last=Alemany|first=Jacqueline|newspaper=The Washington Post |place=Washington, D.C. |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409}} Vice-chair Cheney later said Trump's testimony must be closed-door and could not be broadcast live.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-23 |title=Cheney: Jan. 6 Panel Won't Accept Live TV Testimony From Trump |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cheney-wont-testify-on-live-tv-capitol-attack_n_63556f7ee4b051268c55ec46 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=HuffPost|language=en}} While previous known subpoenas were signed solely by Chair Thompson, this is the first subpoena known to bear Vice-chair Cheney's signature as well.
• October 25: Hope Hicks testified.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-25 |title=Former Trump Aide Hope Hicks Sits For Interview With Jan. 6 Committee: Reports |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/former-trump-aide-hope-hicks-interview-jan-6-committee-report_n_63580e47e4b051268c596a95 |access-date=2022-10-25 |website=HuffPost|language=en}}
• October 28: Eastman's lawyers gave the eight emails to the committee.
• October 31: U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichols dismissed Mark Meadows’ lawsuit, concluding that the September 23, 2021, subpoena was valid and justified under the Constitution's legislative powers.{{Cite news |date=31 October 2022 |title=Mark Meadows v. Nancy Pelosi et al. |work=Politico|url=https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000184-307a-d3a9-afb4-757b8c0f0000 |access-date=1 November 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Cheney |first=Kyle |date=31 October 2022 |title=Judge dismisses Meadows lawsuit against Jan. 6 committee |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/31/meadows-jan-6-committee-lawsuit-00064354 |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=Politico|language=en}}

• November 1: Vice-chair Liz Cheney said the committee was "in discussions" with Trump's lawyers regarding their subpoena for his testimony under oath.{{Cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Zachary |last2=Grayer |first2=Annie |date=2022-11-01 |title=House January 6 committee 'in discussions' with Trump's attorneys for him to testify under oath, Cheney says {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/politics/january-6-committee-trump-attorney/index.html |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=CNN|language=en}}
• November 2: The committee interviewed former Secret Service agent John Gutsmiedl.{{Cite web |last1=Gangel |first1=Jamie |last2=Cohen |first2=Zachary |last3=Grayer |first3=Annie |last4=Wild |first4=Whitney |date=2022-11-03 |title=First on CNN: January 6 committee interviews more Secret Service witnesses, including head of Pence's detail {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/03/politics/january-6-committee-secret-service-witnesses-pence-security-detail/index.html |access-date=2022-11-04 |website=CNN|language=en}}
• November 3: The select committee interviewed the former head of Pence's security detail, Tim Giebels.
• November 4: The select committee issued a brief public statement implying that Trump had not yet turned over any of the subpoenaed records, insisting that he "begin" producing them by "next week" and adding that his November 14 deposition date had not changed.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-04 |title=Thompson & Cheney Statement on Former President Trump's Subpoena Deadline |url=https://january6th.house.gov/news/press-releases/thompson-cheney-statement-former-president-trump-s-subpoena-deadline |access-date=2022-11-05 |website=Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol |language=en}}
• November 7: The select committee interviewed the person who had driven Trump in the presidential vehicle on the day of the attack. His name was not publicly revealed.{{Cite web |last1=Grayer |first1=Annie |last2=Cohen |first2=Zachary |last3=Wild |first3=Whitney |last4=Perez |first4=Evan |date=2022-11-08 |title=House select committee has interviewed the driver of Trump's vehicle on January 6 {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/08/politics/january-6-committee-trump-driver/index.html |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=CNN|language=en}} He testified that, contrary to Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony about what Tony Ornato had told her, Trump "never grabbed the steering wheel. I didn’t see him, you know, lunge to try to get into the front seat at all.”{{Cite news |last=Alemany |first=Jacqueline |date=2024-03-11 |title=House GOP report details testimony that contradicted key Jan. 6 witness |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/03/11/jan-6-committee-secret-service-testimony/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}
• November 9: Trump's lawyers wrote to the select committee saying he would "consider" providing written responses instead of spoken testimony.
• November 11: Trump sued the select committee to block the October 21 subpoena. "No president or former president has ever been compelled" by a subpoena to provide documents or testimony, his lawyers argued in a 41-page filing. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in West Palm Beach, the same district court where Trump recently succeeded in suing for a special master in the Mar-a-Lago documents case.{{Cite news |date=2022-11-12 |title=Trump sues Jan. 6 panel in bid to block subpoena |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-sues-jan-6-panel-bid-block-subpoena-2022-11-12/ |access-date=2022-11-12}}{{Cite web |last1=Colvin |first1=Jill |last2=Tucker |first2=Eric |date=2022-11-12 |title=Trump Files Lawsuit To Avoid Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-files-lawsuit-to-avoid-jan-6-committee-subpoena_n_636ef7ede4b0290136423265 |access-date=2022-11-12 |website=HuffPost|language=en}}
• November 14:
• Trump did not comply with the subpoena for his deposition. The select committee complained that his lawyers "have made no attempt to negotiate an appearance of any sort, and his lawsuit parades out many of the same arguments that courts have rejected repeatedly over the last year". They said they would "evaluate next steps".
• The U.S. Supreme Court denied Arizona GOP chair Kelli Ward's request to quash the select committee's subpoena of her phone records.{{cite news |title=Supreme Court allows Jan. 6 committee to access Arizona GOP chair's phone records |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/14/supreme-court-allows-jan-6-committee-to-access-arizona-gop-chairs-phone-records-00066746 |work=Politico|date=November 14, 2022|last1=Cheney|first1=Kyle|last2=Gerstein|first2=Josh}}{{cite web | url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23304393-supreme-court-ruling-in-ward-subpoena-appeal | title=DocumentCloud }}
• November 15: Chairman Thompson stated that a Contempt of Congress referral targeting Trump “could be an option”.{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/15/jan-6-trump-deposition-capitol-attack | title=January 6 panel considers next steps after Trump fails to attend deposition | website=The Guardian | date=November 15, 2022 }}
• November 17: The select committee interviewed the former head of Trump's security detail, Robert Engel.{{Cite web |last1=Shabad |first1=Rebecca |last2=Vitali |first2=Ali |last3=Nobles |first3=Ryan |date=2022-11-17 |title=Jan. 6 committee interviews former Trump Secret Service agent Bobby Engel |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jan-6-committee-interviews-bobby-engel-was-trumps-lead-secret-service-rcna57744 |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=NBC News |language=en}}
• November 30:
• Wisconsin assembly speaker Robin Vos testified.
• Chairman Thompson said the committee did not anticipate taking any further witness testimony.{{Cite web |last1=Grayer |first1=Annie |last2=Gangel |first2=Jamie |last3=Cohen |first3=Zachary |date=2022-11-30 |title=January 6 committee to discuss potential criminal referrals at Friday meeting |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/30/politics/criminal-referrals-january-6-committee/index.html |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=CNN Politics |language=en}} Rep. Zoe Lofgren agreed: “We’ve now completed all of our interviews.”{{cite web | url=https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3757793-house-jan-6-committee-has-completed-all-interviews-lofgren-says/ | title=House Jan. 6 committee has completed all interviews, Lofgren says | date=December 2022 }}
• U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland repeated his request for "all" interview transcripts.{{Cite web |last1=Sneed |first1=Tierney |last2=Lybrand |first2=Holmes |date=2022-11-30 |title=DOJ wants 'all' transcripts and evidence in House January 6 probe, Garland says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/30/politics/merrick-garland-news-conference/index.html |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=CNN Politics |language=en}}
• House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy wrote a letter warning the committee that the incoming Republican-majority House of Representatives would investigate the committee's work. Chairman Thompson replied that the committee planned to publish most of its findings anyway. He also pointed out that McCarthy had defied a subpoena, "so," Thompson said, "I think the horse has left the barn".{{Cite web |date=2022-12-01 |title=Kevin McCarthy Instructs Jan. 6 Panel To Maintain All Evidence Gathered |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kevin-mccarthy-jan-6-committee_n_63887e2ce4b006e9b85459e5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201214545/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kevin-mccarthy-jan-6-committee_n_63887e2ce4b006e9b85459e5 |archive-date=December 1, 2022 |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}

• December 6: Chairman Thompson said the select committee would issue criminal referrals to the Department of Justice{{Cite web |title=Jan. 6 committee chair expects panel to issue criminal referrals to DOJ |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jan-6-committee-chair-expects-panel-issue-criminal-referrals-doj-rcna60335 |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=NBC News |date=December 6, 2022 |language=en}} but suggested that it had not yet decided whom to refer.{{Cite web |last=Solender |first=Andrew |date=2022-12-06 |title=Jan. 6 committee nears criminal referrals |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/12/06/jan-6-committee-nears-criminal-referrals |access-date=2022-12-06 |website=Axios|language=en}}
• December 13: The committee rescheduled its vote on criminal referrals. The new date was December 19. (Several days previously, it had said it would do this on December 21.){{Cite web |last1=Grayer |first1=Annie |last2=Murray |first2=Sara |last3=Cohen |first3=Zachary |date=2022-12-13 |title=January 6 committee chairman: Final public meeting will be Monday and full report will come out December 21 {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/13/politics/january-6-committee-final-public-meeting/index.html |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=CNN|language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Vlachou |first=Marita |date=2022-12-08 |title=Jan. 6 Committee Chair Shares Details On Final Report Release Date |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-final-report-release-date_n_6391b31de4b0b72f15c03d27 |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=HuffPost|language=en}}
• December 19:
• The Select Committee had its last public meeting.
• Members summarized their investigative findings.
• They recommended that Trump be charged with four crimes:{{Cite web |last1=Sangal |first1=Aditi |last2=Chowdhury |first2=Maureen |last3=Hammond |first3=Elise |last4=Macaya |first4=Melissa |last5=Wagner |first5=Meg |date=2022-12-19 |title=Live updates: Jan. 6 committee votes to issue criminal referrals against Trump |url=https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jan-6-committee-public-meeting/index.html |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=CNN|language=en}} 18 U.S.C §§ 1512(c),{{Cite web |title=18 U.S. Code § 1512 - Tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1512 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=LII / Legal Information Institute |language=en}} 371,{{Cite web |title=18 U.S. Code § 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/371 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=LII / Legal Information Institute |language=en}} 1001,{{Cite web |title=18 U.S. Code § 1001 - Statements or entries generally |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1001 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=LII / Legal Information Institute |language=en}} and 2383.{{Cite web |title=18 U.S. Code § 2383 - Rebellion or insurrection |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2383 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=LII / Legal Information Institute |language=en}}
• They recommended that Eastman be charged with two of the same crimes.
• They voted 9–0 to adopt the final report.
• To audience applause, they adjourned for the final time.
• The introduction to the final report, called the "Executive Summary", was released immediately after the meeting.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-18 |title=Executive Summary |url=https://january6th.house.gov/report-executive-summary |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol |language=en}}
• The committee referred Representatives McCarthy, Jordan, Biggs, and Perry to the House Ethics Committee, recommending that they be sanctioned for not complying with subpoenas.{{Cite web |last1=Sangal |first1=Aditi |last2=Chowdhury |first2=Maureen |last3=Hammond |first3=Elise |last4=Macaya |first4=Melissa |last5=Wagner |first5=Meg |date=2022-12-19 |title=4 GOP lawmakers are being referred to House Ethics panel for not complying with committee subpoenas |url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jan-6-committee-public-meeting/h_e9a5a510f9b5babdf8e0b8d5aa4697f6 |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=CNN|language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-12-18 |title=Executive Summary |url=https://january6th.house.gov/report-executive-summary |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol |language=en |quote=On May 12, 2022, the Select Committee subpoenaed several members of Congress—including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Representative Jim Jordan, Representative Scott Perry, and Representative Andy Biggs—to obtain information related to the Committee’s investigation. ... the Select Committee is referring their failure to comply with the subpoenas issued to them to the Ethics Committee for further action. To be clear, this referral is only for failure to comply with lawfully issued subpoenas. The Rules of the House of Representatives make clear that their willful noncompliance violates multiple standards of conduct and subjects them to discipline. ... such behavior undermines Congress’s longstanding power to investigate in support of its lawmaking authority and suggests that Members of Congress may disregard legal obligations that apply to ordinary citizens. For these reasons, the Select Committee refers Leader McCarthy and Representatives Jordan, Perry, and Biggs for sanction by the House Ethics Committee for failure to comply with subpoenas. The Committee also believes that each of these individuals, along with other Members who attended the December 21st [2020] planning meeting with President Trump at the White House, should be questioned in a public forum about their advance knowledge of and role in President Trump’s plan to prevent the peaceful transition of power.}}
• The committee's criminal referral to the Department of Justice also named Jeffrey Clark, Kenneth Chesebro, Mark Meadows, and Rudy Giuliani as apparent co-conspirators, though none of them were referred due to lack of evidence.{{cite news|url=https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-trump-allies-hit-criminal-referrals-after-jan-6-hearing-1768278|title=Full List of Trump Allies Hit With Criminal Referrals After Jan. 6 Hearing|first=Thomas|last=Kika|publisher=Newsweek|date=December 19, 2022|access-date=December 22, 2022}}{{Cite news |last=Broadwater |first=Luke |date=2022-12-19 |title=Accusing Trump of insurrection, the Jan. 6 committee refers him to the Justice Dept. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/12/19/us/jan-6-committee-trump |access-date=2022-12-19 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |date=2022-12-18 |title=Executive Summary |url=https://january6th.house.gov/report-executive-summary |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol |language=en |quote=I. Obstruction of an Official Proceeding (18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)) ... the Committee believes sufficient evidence exists for a criminal referral of John Eastman and certain other Trump associates under 18 U.S.C. §1512(c). II. Conspiracy to Defraud the United States (18 U.S.C. § 371) ... Jeffrey Clark stands out as a participant in the conspiracy ... the conspiracy under Section 371 appears to have also included other individuals such as Chesebro, Rudolph Giuliani, and Mark Meadows, but this Committee does not attempt to determine all of the participants of the conspiracy, many of whom refused to answer this Committee’s questions.}}
• After the meeting, Rep. Raskin explained to reporters that more criminal referrals, including for members of Congress, would be laid out in the final report. Raskin told reporters that the committee had referred these individuals because "we felt certain that there was abundant evidence that they had participated in crimes"; he noted that DOJ may criminally charge anyone they choose, should DOJ have evidence to do so.{{Cite web |last1=Raju |first1=Manu|last2=Rimmer|first2=Morgan |date=2022-12-19 |title=Committee members Schiff and Raskin explain why more Trump associates were not referred to the DOJ |url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jan-6-committee-public-meeting/h_a3fde5928be44b2e84ffea211a0c969c |website=CNN|language=en}}
• Trump posted to Truth Social: "What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger."{{Cite web |last=Mueller |first=Julia |date=2022-12-19 |title=Trump responds to Jan. 6 criminal referrals: 'It strengthens me' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3781379-trump-responds-to-jan-6-criminal-referrals-it-strengthens-me/ |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=The Hill|language=en-US}} Nonetheless, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to blame Trump, saying: "The entire nation knows who is responsible for that day."{{Cite web |last=Vlachou |first=Marita |date=2022-12-20 |title=Mitch McConnell On Jan. 6: The Country 'Knows Who Is Responsible' |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-jan-6-trump-referral_n_63a198b0e4b0e2fa1a4820da |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=HuffPost|language=en}} Other Republican leaders avoided comment.{{Cite web |last=Peoples |first=Steve |date=2022-12-20 |title=GOP's Usual Embrace Of Trump Muted After Criminal Referral |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-criminal-referral-muted-gop_n_63a1bdf1e4b04414304b30a3 |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=HuffPost|language=en}}
• December 21: The committee began releasing interview transcripts.
• December 22:
• The committee released transcripts of Cassidy Hutchinson's September 14 and 15, 2022 testimony. There, Hutchinson revealed that Trump allies had pressured her not to testify.{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/22/politics/read-cassidy-hutchinson-jan-6-transcripts/index.html|title=READ: Transcripts of Cassidy Hutchinson's depositions with the House January 6 committee|publisher=CNN|date=December 22, 2022|access-date=December 22, 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/12/22/january-6-committee-final-report-live-updates/10940207002/|title= Cassidy Hutchinson: 'Trump world' lawyer told her to skirt Jan. 6 questions - live updates|first1=Bart|last1=Jansen|first2=Ella|last2=Lee|first3=Donovan|last3=Slack|first4=Swapna Venugopal|last4=Ramaswamy|first5=Josh|last5=Meyer|first6=Ken|last6=Tran|publisher=USA Today|date=December 22, 2022|access-date=December 22, 2022}}
• In the evening, the committee publicly released its final report. (The report had been expected the previous day but was delayed.) The report recommended that DOJ pursue criminal charges against Trump.{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/live-blog/jan-6-committee-final-report-live-updates-rcna62676|title=Highlights from the Jan. 6 committee's final report on the Capitol attack|publisher=NBC News|date=December 22, 2022|access-date=December 23, 2022}}
• Trump posted to Truth Social, attacking the "highly partisan Unselect Committee Report" without responding to its substance. He repeated several grievances about the select committee and the report, including its failure to look into Republican allegations of security failures being the reason for the January 6 attack.{{Cite web |last=Vlachou |first=Marita |date=2022-12-23 |title=Donald Trump Reacts To Damning Jan. 6 Committee Final Report |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-reaction-jan-6-final-report_n_63a566e3e4b0ae9de1afbd06 |access-date=2022-12-23 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}
• December 24: Trump posted to Truth Social: "I had almost nothing to do with January 6th,"{{Cite web |last=Dicker |first=Ron |date=2022-12-25 |title=Donald Trump's 'Merry Christmas' Message Is A Grievance-Filled Lump Of Coal |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-merry-christmas-truth-social_n_63a828aae4b0d6724fb71a9b |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=HuffPost|language=en}} with his lawyer describing the committee's referrals as "pretty much worthless".{{Cite web |last=Shapero |first=Julia |date=2022-12-25 |title=Trump lawyer says Jan. 6 criminal referrals are 'pretty much worthless' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3787747-trump-lawyer-says-jan-6-criminal-referrals-are-pretty-much-worthless/ |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}
• December 28: Chairman Thompson wrote to Trump's lawyers, notifying them that the committee was withdrawing its subpoena and that Trump "is no longer obligated to comply". Thompson explained that, since the new Congress would be seated in less than a week, bringing an end to the committee, "the Select Committee can no longer pursue the specific information covered by the subpoena".{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Sara |date=2022-12-29 |title=January 6 committee drops Trump subpoena as it winds down |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/28/politics/january-6-committee-drops-trump-subpoena/index.html |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=CNN Politics |language=en}}

The Select Committee's subpoena power comes pursuant to House Resolution 503, Section 5: Procedures:

"(c) Applicability of Rules Governing Procedures of Committees. – Rule XI of the Rules of Representatives shall apply to the Select Committee except as follows:

• (4) The chair of the Select Committee may authorize and issue subpoenas pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI in the investigation and study conducted pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of this resolution, including for the purpose of taking depositions.
• (5) The chair of the Select Committee is authorized to compel by subpoena the furnishing of information by interrogatory.
• (6)(A) The chair of the Select Committee, upon consultation with the ranking minority member, may order the taking of depositions, including pursuant to subpoena, by a Member or counsel of the Select Committee, in the same manner as a standing committee pursuant to section 3(b)(1) of House Resolution 8, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress.
• (6)(B) Depositions taken under the authority prescribed in this paragraph shall be governed by the procedures submitted by the chair of the Committee on Rules for printing in the Congressional Record on January 4, 2021.
• (7) Subpoenas authorized pursuant to this resolution may be signed by the chair of the Select Committee or a designee"

According to the Congressional Research Service, the chair (or a person they designate) can initiate and authorize subpoenas without consulting the vice-chair or other committee members.{{cite web |title=A Survey of House and Senate Committee Rules on Subpoenas |url=https://sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R44247.pdf |publisher=Congressional Research Service |access-date=December 19, 2022 |date=November 12, 2021}}{{PD-notice}}

In the January 6th investigation, some people testified and provided documents voluntarily, while others were legally compelled by subpoenas.{{Cite news |last1=Schmidt |first1=Michael S. |last2=Broadwater |first2=Luke |date=2022-02-05 |title=In Scrutinizing Trump and His Allies, Jan. 6 Panel Adopts Prosecution Tactics |language=en-US |work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/us/politics/january-6-committee.html |access-date=2022-02-05 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite news|last=Grayer|first=Annie|date=January 29, 2022|title=A running list of who has received a subpoena from the House January 6 select committee|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/politics/list-january-6-subpoenas/index.html|access-date=January 31, 2022|website=CNN}}{{Cite news|last=Bump|first=Philip|date=November 10, 2021|title=Analysis {{!}} Who's who in the Jan. 6 committee subpoenas|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/10/whos-who-jan-6-committee-subpoenas/|access-date=2021-11-14|issn=0190-8286}} The committee did not always publicly announce the subpoenas it issued.

Notably:

• In 2021, the committee requested the telephone records of more than 100 people,{{cite news |last1=Cohen|first1=Zachary|last2=Gangel|first2=Jamie|last3=Polantz|first3=Katelyn|last4=Nobles|first4=Ryan |date=December 7, 2021 |title=January 6 committee casts a wide net with over 100 subpoenas for phone records |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/07/politics/january-6-committee-phone-records/index.html |publisher=CNN}} some of whom sued.{{cite news |last=Polantz |first=Katelyn |date=December 22, 2021 |title=Michael Flynn loses his legal challenge to the House January 6 probe, one day after filing it |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/22/politics/michael-flynn-january-6-lawsuit/index.html |access-date=December 22, 2021 |website=CNN}} In December 2022, as the committee was ending its investigation, at least seven lawsuits were still pending in DC District Court, and the committee gave up waiting and withdrew its subpoenas for the phone data of Sebastian Gorka, Stephen Miller, Cleta Mitchell, Roger Stone, photojournalist Amy Harris, and some January 6 Capitol riot defendants.{{Cite web |last1=Polantz |first1=Katelyn |last2=Grayer |first2=Annie |date=2022-12-14 |title=As House January 6 committee winds down, it is abandoning efforts to subpoena phone records |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/14/politics/january-6-committee-drops-phone-record-subpoenas/index.html |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=CNN Politics |language=en}}
• On May 12, 2022, the committee subpoenaed five House Republicans: Jim Jordan, Mo Brooks, Scott Perry and Andy Biggs, and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. All five refused to cooperate. All except Brooks were referred to the DOJ at the committee's final meeting on December 19, 2022. Representative Thompson, the committee chair, had told NBC's Meet the Press on January 2, 2022, that they would have "no reluctance" to subpoena sitting members of Congress once they determined they had the authority.{{cite web|title=Meet the Press - January 2, 2022|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/news/meet-press-january-2-2022-n1286830|access-date=2022-01-10|website=NBC News|date=January 2, 2022 |language=en}}Selin, Jennifer, [https://theconversation.com/enforcing-unprecedented-subpoenas-for-gop-lawmakers-turns-on-complex-legal-precedent-going-back-centuries-183021 Enforcing unprecedented subpoenas for GOP lawmakers turns on complex legal precedent going back centuries], The Conversation, May 13, 2022
• On July 15, 2022, the committee subpoenaed the U.S. Secret Service. This was the first time it had subpoenaed an agency of the executive branch. The subpoena was issued after it became known the Service had erased text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021, after the DHS inspector general had requested them for an after-action review of the Service involving the January 6 attack. Though the Service claimed the deletions were part of a long-planned "device migration", the inspector general said he believed the Service was not fully cooperating.{{Cite news |last1=Alemany |first1=Jacqueline |last2=Sacchetti |first2=Maria |date=July 16, 2022 |title=Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Secret Service for missing records |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/07/15/secret-service-subpoena-erased-texts/ |access-date=July 16, 2022}}
• On October 21, 2022, the committee subpoenaed former President Trump, but he sued to block it. Given Trump's history, it had seemed unlikely he would comply. In February 2021, for Trump's second impeachment trial, the House's lead impeachment manager, Representative Jamie Raskin, asked him to testify about the events of January 6, but he refused.{{Cite web |last1=Desiderio |first1=Andrew |last2=Ferris |first2=Sarah |date=4 February 2021 |title=Trump won't testify at his second impeachment trial |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/04/house-democrats-trump-testify-impeachment-465923 |access-date=14 October 2022 |website=Politico|language=en}} Trump has consistently urged other Republicans not to cooperate with the House committee's investigation, and he has not cooperated with other major investigations of his own alleged crimes in other matters.{{Cite web |last=Papenfuss |first=Mary |date=2022-10-14 |title=Trump Stumped Over Why Jan. 6 Panel Didn't Just Ask Him To Testify Earlier. Nobody Else Is. |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-stumped-jan-6-panel-subpoena-truth-social_n_634883b9e4b0e376dc0a6f35 |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=HuffPost|language=en}} Had the full House voted to hold him in criminal contempt of Congress before the new Congress began in early January 2023, DOJ could have charged him for contempt of Congress.{{Citation |title='Most aggressive subpoena I've ever seen': Honig on Jan 6 committee's latest move (Video: 2:30–3:20) |date=24 October 2022 |url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/10/24/trump-january-6-committee-subpoena-elie-honig-newday-vpx.cnn |publisher=CNN Video |language=en |access-date=27 October 2022}}

According to several reports, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had warned Republican members that if they allowed Speaker Pelosi to appoint them to the select committee, they would be stripped of all their other committee assignments and should not expect to receive any future ones from Pelosi. In an interview with Forbes, Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois said "Who gives a shit?" and added, "When you've got people who say crazy stuff and you're not gonna make that threat, but you make that threat to truth-tellers, you've lost any credibility."{{cite web|last=Solender|first=Andrew|title=McCarthy Threatens Committee Assignments Of Members Who Take Jan. 6 Committee Seat From Pelosi|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/07/01/mccarthy-threatens-committee-assignments-of-members-who-take-jan-6-committee-seat-from-pelosi/|access-date=2021-07-04|website=Forbes|language=en}}

Republican House Leader McCarthy called the rejection of his initial recommendations "unprecedented" in a phone call with Pelosi. In a press conference, he labeled her a "lame duck speaker" out to destroy the institution. The Freedom Caucus pushed for McCarthy to file a motion to vacate the speakership, and punish Cheney and Kinzinger for accepting their appointments to the committee.{{cite news|last1=Nobles|first1=Ryan|last2=Zanona|first2=Melanie|title=Growing group of GOP members wants McCarthy to punish Kinzinger and Cheney for joining January 6 committee|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/25/politics/republicans-mccarthy-kinzinger-cheney-january-6-committee/index.html|access-date=2021-07-27|website=CNN}} McCarthy later dubbed them "Pelosi Republicans". Republicans also stated that if they won the House majority in the 2022 midterm elections, they would come after Democratic committee assignments, targeting Eric Swalwell and Ilhan Omar.{{cite news|last1=Zanona|first1=Melanie|last2=Raju|first2=Manu|title='What you're doing is unprecedented': McCarthy-Pelosi feud boils over|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/26/politics/kevin-mccarthy-nancy-pelosi-relationship-january-6-committee/index.html|access-date=2021-07-27|website=CNN}} Republican House Whip Steve Scalise stated that Pelosi had removed any credibility from the committee for rejecting their recommended members and opted instead for a political narrative. Republicans Scott Perry, Chip Roy, and Kelly Armstrong expressed their disdain for both Cheney and Kinzinger and questioned their loyalty to the House Republican Conference, pushing for them to be stripped of their committee assignments.{{cite news|last1=Zanona|first1=Melanie|last2=Nobles|first2=Ryan|last3=Fox|first3=Lauren|title=Cheney and Kinzinger prepare for blockbuster hearing amid attacks from their own party|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/26/politics/liz-cheney-adam-kinzinger-republican-attacks/index.html|access-date=2021-07-27|website=CNN}} Jim Banks and Mike Rogers stated that the two GOP committee members would be stuck to Pelosi's narrative of events. Cheney and Kinzinger both dismissed comments from their colleagues.

After Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's picks for the committee and appointed Adam Schiff, The Wall Street Journal editorial board criticized her; while acknowledging that McCarthy's picks were partisan, it claimed that Schiff had "lied repeatedly about the evidence concerning the Trump campaign's collusion with Russia". The editorial board posited, "if Mrs. Pelosi thinks the evidence for her conclusion is persuasive, why would she not want to have it tested against the most aggressive critics?"{{Cite news|author=The Editorial Board|date=2021-07-21|title=Opinion {{!}} Pelosi Blows Up Her Jan. 6 Committee|language=en-US|work=The Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nancy-pelosi-vetoes-republicans-january-6-committee-11626904913|access-date=2021-07-22|issn=0099-9660}} On the other hand, the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board said: "Pelosi's chief mistake was not also rejecting Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas, who, like Jordan, Banks and a majority of House Republicans, voted to overturn the election on the day of the insurrection. No serious investigation of the riot can be undertaken by those who shared the goals of the rioters." It added that "McCarthy and company killed an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate the attack even though the Republicans' top negotiator agreed to the terms."{{cite news | title = Editorial: Nancy Pelosi didn't go far enough in rejecting GOP members from 1/6 committee | author = Chronicle Editorial Board | url = https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-Nancy-Pelosi-didn-t-go-far-enough-in-16333914.php | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210723013127/https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-Nancy-Pelosi-didn-t-go-far-enough-in-16333914.php | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2021-07-23 | newspaper = San Francisco Chronicle | date = 2021-07-22}}

Some House Republicans—including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Representative Jim Jordan—said they did not watch the committee's first hearing on July 27, 2021. Representative Matthew M. Rosendale said he watched Representative Liz Cheney speak (and was "quite disappointed") but did not watch the police officers' testimony. Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik would not say whether she watched.{{Cite news|last1=Alemany|first1=Jacqueline|last2=Sotomayor|first2=Marianna|last3=Wagner|first3=John|date=July 27, 2021|title=Republicans voice opposition to Jan. 6 investigation as police officers call for accountability|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/january-6-republicans-trump/2021/07/27/79a29e38-eef4-11eb-bf80-e3877d9c5f06_story.html|access-date=January 2, 2022}}

In late August 2021, after the committee asked telecommunications and social media companies to retain certain records, McCarthy declared that if the companies "turn over private information" to the House committee, then the companies are "in violation of federal law and subject to losing their ability to operate in the United States", and that a future Republican legislative majority will hold the companies "fully accountable".{{cite news |last1=Sonmez |first1=Felicia |last2=Lima |first2=Cristiano |title=Rep. McCarthy threatens tech and telecom firms that comply with Jan.6 committee's request |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/jan-6-riot-mccarthy-trump-telecom-companies/2021/09/01/cad1753c-0b1d-11ec-9781-07796ffb56fe_story.html |access-date=September 2, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210901154300/https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/jan-6-riot-mccarthy-trump-telecom-companies/2021/09/01/cad1753c-0b1d-11ec-9781-07796ffb56fe_story.html |archive-date=September 1, 2021}} In response to McCarthy's comment, the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint on September 3 with the chief counsel of the Office of Congressional Ethics. CREW noted that the subpoena was legally valid and claimed that McCarthy was illegally obstructing the investigation insofar as he was "threatening retaliation" against the telecommunications companies.{{cite web|last=Papenfuss|first=Mary|date=2021-09-03|title=Watchdog Demands Probe Of Kevin McCarthy's Threats Against Firms In Jan. 6 Investigation|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/crew-mccarthy-greene-house-select-committee-jan-6-insurrection_n_6132dd0fe4b0f1b97061511f|access-date=2021-09-04|website=HuffPost|language=en}} Eleven House Republicans who were associated with the January 6 "Stop the Steal" rally sent a September 3 letter to thirteen telecommunications companies stating they "do not consent to the release of confidential call records or data" and threatened legal action against what they asserted were unconstitutional subpoenas.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/09/03/ethics-watchdog-requests-probe-into-kevin-mccarthy-marjorie-taylor-greene-for-threatening-telecom-firms/|title=Ethics Watchdog Requests Probe Into Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene For 'Threatening' Telecom Firms|first=Andrew|last=Solender|website=Forbes}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/11-house-republicans-back-kevin-mccarthys-threat-telecoms-over-1-6-committee-1626092|title=11 House Republicans back up Kevin McCarthy's threat to telecoms over 1/6 Committee|first=Aila|last=Slisco|date=September 3, 2021|website=Newsweek}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/us/republicans-trump-capitol-riot.html|title=Republican Ties to Extremist Groups Are Under Scrutiny|first1=Luke|last1=Broadwater|first2=Matthew|last2=Rosenberg|newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 29, 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/us/trump-loyalists-in-congress-fanned-flames-before-capitol-riot.html|title=Trump loyalists in Congress fanned flames before Capitol riot.|first1=Catie|last1=Edmondson|first2=Luke|last2=Broadwater|newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 12, 2021}}

During a September 2 television interview, McCarthy was asked about "how deeply [Trump] was involved", to which he replied that the FBI and Senate committees had found "no involvement".{{cite web|url=https://www.kget.com/news/politics/rep-kevin-mccarthy-discusses-afghanistan-capitol-riot-probe/|title=Rep. Kevin McCarthy discusses Afghanistan, Capitol riot probe|date=September 3, 2021|access-date=September 4, 2021|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110011812/https://www.kget.com/news/politics/rep-kevin-mccarthy-discusses-afghanistan-capitol-riot-probe/|url-status=dead}} He and other Republicans had cited an exclusive Reuters report that unnamed current and former law enforcement officials said the FBI had found "scant evidence" of an organized plot to overturn the election. In a September 4 statement, Thompson and Cheney said the committee had queried executive branch agencies and congressional committees investigating the matter and "it's been made clear to us that reports of such a conclusion are baseless."{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/04/politics/mccarthy-trump-select-committee-justice-department/index.html|title=January 6 select committee refutes claim by McCarthy that the Justice Department cleared Trump of any role in insurrection|last1=Nobles|first1=Ryan|last2=Diaz|first2=Daniella|website=CNN}}{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-fbi-finds-scant-evidence-us-capitol-attack-was-coordinated-sources-2021-08-20/|title=Exclusive: FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was coordinated – sources|date=August 21, 2021|website=Reuters}}

On October 16, The Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson criticized the committee's glacial progress, stating that "I don't believe that they're pursuing this with the degree of vigor that merits the type of targets they're talking about. We're dealing with people like Steve Bannon and Roger Stone and Ali Alexander ... They've had three months, they've done almost nothing."{{cite AV media|author=MSNBC|title=Rick Wilson: An Unpunished Coup Is A Training Exercise|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl_rYATerIY|time=2:12|website=YouTube|publisher=Google, LLC|access-date=October 17, 2021|date=October 16, 2021}}

Representative Scott Perry said on December 21 that he would not cooperate with the committee because, in his view, the committee itself was "illegitimate, and not duly constituted under the rules of the US House of Representatives".{{cite web |last=O'Connor|first=Lydia |date=December 21, 2021 |title=Scott Perry Says He's Refusing To Comply With Jan. 6 Investigation|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scott-perry-refuses-jan-6-panel_n_61c21093e4b061afe3985d78 |website=HuffPost|language=en-US |access-date=December 21, 2021}} Similarly, on January 23, 2022, Newt Gingrich said on Fox News that he believed the committee was breaking laws, but he did not specify which laws.{{cite web |last=Campbell |first=Andy |date=January 24, 2022 |title=Republicans Mock Newt Gingrich Over Threat Of 'Jail' For Jan. 6 Panel |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/newt-gingrich-threat-jail-liz-cheney_n_61eeb071e4b04db85c85fa30 |website=HuffPost|language=en |access-date=January 24, 2022}}

On December 23, Laurence Tribe, American legal scholar and University Professor Emeritus of Constitutional Law at Harvard University, and colleagues published in The New York Times about Attorney General Merrick Garland: "Only by holding the leaders of the Jan. 6 insurrection – all of them – to account can he secure the future and teach the next generation that no one is above the law. If he has not done so already, we implore the attorney general to step up to that task."{{cite news |last1=Tribe |first1=Laurence H. |last2=Ayer |first2=Donald |last3=Aftergut |first3=Dennis |date=December 23, 2021 |title=Will Donald Trump Get Away With Inciting an Insurrection |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/23/opinion/trump-capitol-riot-january-6th.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 23, 2021}}

In June 2022, Fox News announced that it would not carry live coverage of the hearings, relegating it to its sister channel Fox Business and local Fox network affiliates.{{cite web |last=Mastrangelo |first=Dominick |date=June 7, 2022 |title=Fox News Channel won't carry coverage of prime-time Jan. 6 hearing live on its news channel |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/media/3514188-fox-news-channel-wont-carry-coverage-of-primetime-jan-6-hearing-live/ |website=The Hill |language=en-US |access-date=June 7, 2022}}{{Cite news |last=Baragona |first=Justin |date=2022-06-09 |title=Newsmax Declares It'll Cover Jan. 6 Hearing—After Star Host Says It Won't |language=en |work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsmax-declares-itll-cover-jan-6-hearing-after-anchor-says-network-isnt |access-date=2022-06-10}}{{cite web |last=Mastrangelo |first=Dominick |date=2022-06-10 |title=Tucker Carlson: Jan. 6 panel is 'lying and we are not going to help them do it' |url=https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/media/3518349-defiant-tucker-carlson-boasts-fox-news-channel-not-carrying-jan-6-hearing-propaganda-live/ |access-date=2022-06-10 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}} Fox News instead carried special editions of Tucker Carlson Tonight and Hannity (the former notably airing commercial-free) that largely featured criticism of the hearing,{{cite web |last=Derysh |first=Igor |date=June 10, 2022 |title=Fox News refuses to air Jan. 6 violence while trashing hearing as "boring" and "propaganda" |url=https://www.salon.com/2022/06/09/fox-news-refuses-to-air-jan-6-violence-while-trashing-hearing-as-boring-and-propaganda/ |website=Salon |language=en |access-date=June 10, 2022}} with Carlson deeming it "propaganda", and lower thirds describing it as a "sham", "show trial" and "political theater".{{cite news |last=Stelter |first=Brian |date=June 10, 2022 |title=Here's how Fox and Newsmax tried to spin the January 6 committee's first prime-time hearing |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/10/media/fox-newsmax-january-6-reliable-sources/index.html |website=CNN|access-date=June 10, 2022}} The Washington Post reported that members of the committee were given increased security due to greater threats made against them.{{cite news |last1=Gardner |first1=Amy |last2=Dawsey |first2=Josh |last3=Alemany |first3=Jacqueline |date=June 22, 2022 |title=Lawmakers on Jan. 6 committee ramp up their security as threats increase |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/22/jan6-security-threats/ |newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=June 23, 2022}}

On December 21, a Republican-led "shadow committee" consisting of the five House members who Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy initially nominated to the official select committee released its final investigative report, which primarily focused on alleged failures of law enforcement agencies and House Democratic leaders in the lead up to the January 6 attack. The shadow committee's report accused the U.S. Capitol Police of mishandling critical intelligence in the lead-up to the attack, and placed overall blame for security failures on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House Democratic leadership, which the report claims were "closely involved in security decisions in the lead up to and on January 6" .{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Emily |date=2022-12-21 |title=Republican 'shadow committee' issues Jan. 6 counter-report |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3784289-republican-shadow-committee-issue-counter-report-on-jan-6/ |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Report Of Investigation: Security Failures at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 |url=https://banks.house.gov/uploadedfiles/final_report_of_investigation_real.pdf |access-date=January 26, 2023 |website=United States House Of Representatives}}

In December 2022, Donald Trump responded to the committee's final report by calling the members "Marxists" and "sick people".{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Sinéad |title=Donald Trump rails against Jan. 6 committee in rambling Truth Social video after it blames him for Capitol riot |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-reacts-jan-6-committee-report-blaming-him-capitol-riot-2022-12 |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}

On February 22, 2023, Timothy Heaphy, who had served as the committee's top investigator, said he expected "indictments both in Georgia and at the federal level."{{Cite web |last=LeBlanc |first=Paul |date=2023-02-23 |title=House January 6 investigator says it's 'likely' 2020 election subversion probes will produce indictments |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/22/politics/timothy-heaphy-2020-election-indictments/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225153257/https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/22/politics/timothy-heaphy-2020-election-indictments/index.html |archive-date=February 25, 2023 |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=CNN Politics |language=en}}

On March 8, 2023, the Republican-controlled House Administration's subcommittee on oversight opened an investigation to review the former House select committee's activities.{{Cite web |last1=Shabad |first1=Rebecca |last2=Talbot |first2=Haley |last3=Nobles |first3=Ryan |date=2023-03-09 |title=Republicans launch an investigation into the Jan. 6 committee |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-launch-investigation-jan-6-committee-examined-riot-rcna74017 |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=NBC News |language=en}} On August 25, Representative Barry Loudermilk, who was leading the inquiry, requested that the White House provide unredacted transcripts of the committee's interviews with Secret Service agents.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-25 |title=House Republican demands unredacted Jan. 6 panel transcripts from White House |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-republican-demands-unredacted-jan-6-panel-transcripts-white-hous-rcna101807 |access-date=2023-08-26 |website=NBC News |language=en}} On March 11, 2024, the committee released a report criticizing the former House select committee's activities.{{cite web | last1=Lillis | first1=Mike | last2=Schnell | first2=Mychael | last3=Mike Lillis | first3=Mychael Schnell | title=GOP report seeks to discredit Jan. 6 committee, exonerate Trump | website=The Hill | date=March 11, 2024 | url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4525079-gop-report-seeks-to-discredit-jan-6-committee-exonerate-trump/ | access-date=March 13, 2024}}

In August 2023, Trump was charged with election interference, both federally and in Georgia. Those indictments resemble the information, conclusions, and recommendations made by the House select committee. Former Representative Kinzinger said the DOJ indictment "should have come down a year ago". Representative Raskin told Axios that while the House select committee had delivered "a huge amount of factual information," the federal indictment included "several quoted statements that were definitely new to me." Representative Schiff said that these "new pieces of information" were "principally from witnesses who refused to appear before our committee".

On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court decided in Fischer v. United States that prosecutors could validly bring an obstruction charge against someone for attempting to block the arrival of electoral certificates (which would likely apply to Trump and other high-level aides) but not simply for attempting to forcibly enter the Capitol building (as many rioters did).{{Cite web |last1=Fritze |first1=John |last2=Sneed |first2=Tierney |last3=Polantz |first3=Katelyn |date=2024-06-28 |title=Supreme Court limits obstruction charges against January 6 rioters |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/28/politics/supreme-court-limits-obstruction-charges-against-january-6-rioters/index.html |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=CNN |language=en}}

Three days later, on July 1, 2024, the Supreme Court decided in Trump v. United States that all former presidents have absolute immunity for their acts as president within their constitutional purview, presumptive immunity for official acts, and no immunity for unofficial acts.{{cite news |last=Hurley |first=Lawrence |date=July 1, 2024 |title=Supreme Court provides win to Trump, ruling he has immunity for many acts in election interference indictment |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-trump-may-immunity-federal-election-inter-rcna149135 |accessdate=July 1, 2024 |publisher=NBC News}}{{Cite web |last=Fisher |first=Joe |date=2024-07-01 |title=Supreme Court rules Trump has partial immunity for official acts only |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/07/01/supreme-court-trump-immunity-opinion/2581719843674 |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=United Press International |language=en}}

On December 8, 2024, Trump said in an interview with NBC News that every member of the committee should be jailed: "Everybody on that committee … for what they did, yeah, honestly, they should go to jail".{{Cite news |last=Alfaro |first=Mariana |date=9 December 2024 |title=Trump says members of Jan. 6 committee should be jailed |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/08/trump-january-6-biden-jack-smith/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209085204/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/08/trump-january-6-biden-jack-smith/ |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |access-date=9 December 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post }} He falsely alleged the committee had "deleted and destroyed all the evidence".{{Cite web |last=Vlachou |first=Marita |date=2024-12-13 |title=Adam Kinzinger Shares Why He Thinks Trump Threatened To Go After Jan. 6 Panel Members |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adam-kinzinger-trump-jan-6-panel_n_675c06a5e4b004dbae195537 |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}

On December 15, Senator Bernie Sanders told NBC that Biden should consider preemptively pardoning the committee members.{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Taiyler S. |date=2024-12-16 |title=Bernie Sanders Says Biden Should 'Very Seriously' Consider Preemptive Pardons |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-joe-biden-consider-preemptive-pardons_n_675f570fe4b0035d901e29ad |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=HuffPost |language=en}} Biden did so on January 20, 2025, pardoning all members and staffers as well as four police officers who testified.

Later in the day on January 20, 2025, Trump, upon taking office, granted clemency to all of the January 6 rioters. One of them, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, pardoned of seditious conspiracy and interviewed by Alex Jones the next day, urged the government to investigate Attorney General Merrick Garland (who was replaced two weeks later by Pam Bondi) as well as former U.S. attorney Matthew Graves.{{Cite web |last=Buchman |first=Brandi |date=2025-01-23 |title=Pardoned Proud Boys Leader Calls For Jan. 6 Investigators To Be Put 'Behind Bars' |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-investigators-belong-behind-bars-says-pardoned-proud-boys-leader_n_67925f4fe4b06448cdc8c3ab |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}

On January 22, House Majority Leader Mike Johnson announced a formation of a panel to investigate the January 6 committee in what The Associated Press described as "an effort to defend Trump's actions that day and dispute the work of a bipartisan committee that investigated the siege two years ago".{{Cite news |last1=Kunzelman |first1=Michael |last2=Mascaro |first2=Lisa |date=January 22, 2025 |title=Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes visits Capitol Hill after Trump clemency |work=The Associated Press |url=https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-pardons-trump-2e2275ff164550de29c34de8d12886ab |access-date=January 23, 2025}}

On February 4, responding to a Justice Department order to identify which of its 38,000 employees had worked on the investigations of the Capitol attack, the FBI named over 5,000 employees,{{Cite web |last=Campbell |first=Josh |last2=Perez |first2=Evan |last3=Rabinowitz |first3=Hannah |date=2025-02-04 |title=FBI turns over names of 5,000 employees who worked on January 6 cases to Trump Justice Department, as agents sue |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/04/politics/fbi-employees-tuesday/index.html |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=CNN |language=en}} immediately after which the FBI Agents Association sued the Justice Department.{{Cite web |last=Buchman |first=Brandi |date=2025-02-04 |title=FBI Agents Who Worked Jan. 6 And Trump Cases Sue Justice Department |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-fbi-agents-doxxing-lawsuit_n_67a2642ce4b0c907cf345e81 |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}

According to a poll conducted in July 2021 by Politico, a majority of Americans support the January 6 investigation, with 58% overall supporting and 29% opposing; 52% of Republicans polled opposed it.{{cite web|title=A majority of Americans support a congressional Jan. 6 investigation|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-majority-of-americans-support-a-congressional-jan-6-investigation/vi-AAMF7UZ?ocid=msedgntp|work=MSNBC|date=July 28, 2021|access-date=July 28, 2021}} When Politico repeated the poll in December 2021, again, three-fifths supported the committee, including 82% of Democrats, 58% of independents, and 40% of Republicans.{{cite web|last=Niedzwiadek|first=Nick|date=January 2, 2022|title=Poll: House's Jan. 6 probe is popular — even among many Republicans|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/02/house-jan-6-committee-popular-republicans-526092|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Politico|language=en}}

In an August 2021 Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll, 58% of American voters said they thought the committee was biased, while 42% thought it was fair.{{cite web|last=Manchester|first=Julia|date=2021-08-02|title=58 percent say Jan. 6 House committee is biased: poll|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/565981-58-percent-say-jan-6-commission-is-biased-poll|access-date=2021-11-09|website=The Hill|language=en}} In September 2021, a Pew Research poll found that only 11% of American adults said they were very confident the committee would be fair and reasonable while another 34% were somewhat confident, while a 54% majority said they were not too confident (32%) or not at all confident (22%). Confidence was highly partisan: Nearly two-thirds of Democrats and less than a quarter of Republicans said they were at least somewhat confident.{{cite web|title=Declining Share of Republicans Say It Is Important To Prosecute Jan. 6 Rioters|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/09/28/declining-share-of-republicans-say-it-is-important-to-prosecute-jan-6-rioters/|access-date=2021-11-09|website=Pew Research Center – U.S. Politics & Policy|date=September 28, 2021 |language=en-US}}

Just greater than half of Americans polled believe that Trump should face criminal charges for his role in the attack. A Washington Post–ABC News poll taken a week after the attack found 54% giving this response, and over a year later, it had not changed substantially, as 52% gave the same response to the same organization's poll conducted April 24–28, 2022. The division is partisan: five out of six Democrats support charging Trump, while five out of six Republicans oppose doing so.{{Cite news |last1=Alemany |first1=Jacqueline |last2=Clement |first2=Scott |date=May 3, 2022 |title=Slight majority say Trump should be charged with crime over Jan. 6 role, poll finds |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/03/slight-majority-say-trump-should-be-charged-with-crime-over-jan-6-role-poll-finds/ |access-date=May 5, 2022}}

NBC News found that the percentage of Americans who believe that Trump was solely or mainly responsible for the January 6 attack dropped from 52% in January 2021 to 45% in May 2022. A decrease was found within all subgroups: Democrats, Republicans, and independents.{{cite web |last1=Todd |first1=Chuck |last2=Murray |first2=Mark |last3=Kamisar |first3=Ben |last4=Bowman |first4=Bridget |last5=Marquez |first5=Alexandra |date=June 6, 2022 |title=Fewer Americans now say Trump is responsible for Jan. 6: NBC News poll. |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/first-read/fewer-americans-now-say-trump-responsible-jan-6-nbc-news-poll-finds-rcna32074 |access-date=2022-06-08 |publisher=NBC News |language=en}} Opinions changed after the committee began public hearings. An Ipsos poll conducted June 17–18, 2022, found that 58% of Americans believe Trump is significantly responsible for the attack on the Capitol.{{cite web |date=June 19, 2022 |title=Americans think of Jan 6 Committee as fair, but are not following it |url=https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news-polls/americans-think-jan-6-committee-fair-are-not-following-it |access-date=June 30, 2022 |website=Ipsos |archive-date=July 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709192647/https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/news-polls/americans-think-jan-6-committee-fair-are-not-following-it |url-status=dead }} An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll conducted June 23–27, 2022, found that 48% of Americans believe Trump should be charged with a crime.{{cite web |last1=Amiri |first1=Farnoush |last2=Dolby |first2=Nuha |date=2022-06-30 |title=Roughly Half Of Americans Think Trump Should Face Charges For Jan. 6, Poll Says |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bc-us-ap-poll-capitol-riot-investigation_n_62bd6287e4b0ffe00a0ddb16 |access-date=2022-07-01 |website=HuffPost|language=en}}

The same Ipsos poll on June 17–18, 2022, also found that 60% of Americans believe the committee's investigation is fair and impartial. Similarly, an Economist/YouGov poll conducted June 18–21, 2022, found that 78% of Democrats, but only 15% of Republicans and 37% of independents, believe the committee's investigation is "legitimate". 78% of Democrats, but only 22% of Republicans and 41% of independents, said they "strongly" or "somewhat" approved of the committee's work.{{cite web |date=June 2022 |title=The Economist/YouGov Poll, June 18–21, 2022 - 1500 U.S. Adult Citizens |url=https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/i873rvg5xx/econTabReport.pdf |access-date=June 30, 2022 |website=YouGov}}

Although Representatives McCarthy, Jordan, Biggs, and Perry were referred to the House Ethics Committee at the end of 2022, there may never have been any such review. The House Ethics Committee typically operates with little transparency, proceeds slowly, and may not announce if it closes a case, according to Walter Shaub and Paul Kane.{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Hayes |date=2022-12-20 |title=Opinion {{!}} Why Congress' Jan. 6 plotters are sleeping easy tonight |url=https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/house-jan-6-ethics-committee-mcarthy-jordan-rcna62427 |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=MSNBC.com |language=en}} On January 9, 2023, under McCarthy's leadership, the Republican-controlled House passed a new House rules package that weakened the Office of Congressional Ethics.{{Cite news |last=Newell |first=Jim |date=2023-01-10 |title=The Most Sweeping Changes Kevin McCarthy Just Made to House Rules |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/01/house-rules-package-kevin-mccarthy-congress.html |access-date=2025-04-13 |work=Slate |language=en-US |issn=1091-2339}}{{Cite news |last=Brooks |first=Emily |date=January 1, 2023 |title=McCarthy offers concessions to detractors with House rules package |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3795223-mccarthy-offers-concessions-to-detractors-with-house-rules-package/ |access-date=April 13, 2025 |work=The Hill}}

On November 30, 2022, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy wrote a letter warning the committee that the incoming Republican-majority House of Representatives planned to investigate the committee's work.

This investigation was done in the 118th Congress by the Committee on House Administration's Subcommittee on Oversight, chaired by Representative Barry Loudermilk. On March 11, 2024, it released its "Initial Findings Report",{{Cite web |date=2024-03-11 |title=Chairman Loudermilk Releases January 6 Initial Findings Report |url=https://cha.house.gov/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=47547AE1-F6A0-43BF-8F61-C7025C1F0186 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=United States Committee on House Administration |language=en}} and on December 17, 2024, it released its "Interim report on the failures and politicization of the January 6th select committee".{{Cite web |date=2024-12-17 |title=Chairman Loudermilk Releases Second January 6, 2021 Report |url=https://cha.house.gov/2024/12/chairman-loudermilk-releases-second-january-6-2021-report |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=United States Committee on House Administration |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=December 17, 2024 |title=Interim report on the failures and politicization of the January 6th select committee |url=https://cha.house.gov/_cache/files/6/d/6dae7b82-7683-4f56-a177-ba98695e600d/145DD5A70E967DEEC1F511764D3E6FA1.final-interim-report.pdf |access-date=January 22, 2025 |website=cha.house.gov}} Three weeks later, Representative Joseph Morelle, the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee, directly responded to Loudermilk's two-year investigation, writing that the Republicans had “failed to produce any new material findings related to Capitol security”.

On January 22, 2025, House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that the 119th Congress would investigate “false narratives” about the Capitol attack. Representative Loudermilk was to lead this new subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee.{{Cite web |last=Delaney |first=Arthur |date=2025-01-22 |title=After Saying Republicans Are 'Not Looking Backwards' On Jan. 6 Pardons, Mike Johnson Announces New Jan. 6 Committee |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-new-jan-6-committee_n_6791451de4b0dd8cd97015b6 |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}

On January 2, 2025, chair Bennie Thompson and vice chair Liz Cheney were awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by President Joe Biden, who described them as "elected officials who served in difficult times with honor, decency, and ensure our democracy delivers".{{cite news|last=Marquez|first=Alexandra|date=January 2, 2025|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-presidential-citizens-medal-jan-6-liz-cheney-bennie-thompson-rcna186004|title=

Biden awards Presidential Citizens Medal to key members of House Jan. 6 committee|publisher=NBC News|access-date=January 3, 2025}}{{cite news|last=Samuels|first=Brett|date=January 2, 2025|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5064440-biden-honors-cheney-jan-6-committee/|title=Cheney gets standing ovation as Biden awards Presidential Citizens Medal|work=The Hill|access-date=January 3, 2025}}{{Cite web |last=Ramaswamy |first=Swapna Venugopal |title=Liz Cheney, Trump target, receives presidential medal from Biden |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/02/presidential-citizens-medal-liz-cheney/77398513007/ |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}

The Committee's members were nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for their "defense of freedom and democracy."{{cite news |title=Professor nominerer Trump-granskere til Nobels fredspris |url=https://www.khrono.no/professor-nominerer-trump-granskere-til-nobels-fredspris/940043 |access-date=10 February 2025 |work=Khrono}}

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• [https://www.govinfo.gov/collection/january-6th-committee-final-report Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol] at GovInfo
• [https://january6th-benniethompson.house.gov/ Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol]—Bennie Thompson's archive of the official site
• Witness testimony transcripts — [https://january6th-benniethompson.house.gov/news/press-releases/release-select-committee-materials 12/21/22] [https://january6th-benniethompson.house.gov/news/press-releases/release-select-committee-materials-1 12/22/2022] — [https://january6th-benniethompson.house.gov/news/press-releases/release-select-committee-materials-0 12/22/22] (Hutchinson) — [https://january6th-benniethompson.house.gov/news/press-releases/release-select-committee-materials-2 12/23/22]
• [https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/5bfed332-d350-47c0-8562-0137a4435c68.pdf?itid=lk_inline_manual_3 Social Media & the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol], Summary of Investigative Findings, January 6 Committee via Washington Post
• [https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/politics/list-january-6-subpoenas/index.html CNN list of subcommittee subpoena recipients]
• [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/26/opinion/trump-documents-jan-6-prosecute.html "Donald Trump Is Not Above The Law"] (The New York Times; August 26, 2022)
• {{cite web | title=CNN Special Report: American Coup: The January 6th Investigation | website=CNN | date=September 13, 2022 | url=https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2022/09/13/cnn-special-report-american-coup-the-january-6th-investigation/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913130236/https://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2022/09/13/cnn-special-report-american-coup-the-january-6th-investigation/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 13, 2022 }} Show can be found on [https://go.cnn.com/vod CNN Live TV]
• {{cite web | title=Transcript: CNN Special Report: American Coup: The January 6th Investigation | website=CNN | date=September 18, 2022 | url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/csr/date/2022-09-18/segment/01 }}

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