The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol is holding on Tuesday its sixth public hearing where it is expected to unveil new evidence and testimony from a top Trump White House staffer.
Cassidy Hutchinson, a senior aide to then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows at the time of the riot, is expected to testify, three sources tell NBC News.
The last-minute hearing, set for 1 p.m. ET, was announced on Monday, a surprise addition to the schedule after the panel previously indicated there would be no more hearings until July.
Earlier hearings have each tackled a different aspect of the events surrounding the riot, with the most recent focusing on former President Donald Trump's efforts to pressure the Justice Departmentto upend the 2020 election results.
Here's what we know so far about Tuesday's hearing:
Cassidy Hutchinson, who served as a senior aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is slated to testify Tuesday at a last-minute hearing scheduled by the Jan. 6 committee, three sources tell NBC News.
In recorded testimony presented last week, Hutchinson told investigators that a group of GOP lawmakers had sought presidential pardons following the insurrection at the Capitol, including Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Mo Brooks of Alabama.
WASHINGTON — The Jan. 6 committee will hold a last-minute public hearing Tuesday to present new evidence and hear witness testimony, after having previously said it would take a break until mid-July.
The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday at 1 p.m. ET, according to an advisory the committee sent out Monday. In an unusual move, the committee has not identified the witness, as it did for previous hearings.
“There is new evidence that is coming to [the committee’s] attention on an almost daily basis,” said a source familiar with the hearing. The committee was “just planning on working this week in preparation for the final two hearings, so this is unplanned.
“You can deduce from that that there will be a lot of significance to the hearing.”