Committee Sharing Evidence with Justice Department

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) told Politico that the January 6 Committee “has formalized a path to share witness transcripts and evidence with the Justice Department.”

“Federal investigators have sought to access the congressional committee’s 1,000-plus witness interview transcripts since April, but the select panel has resisted as its probe continued to generate extraordinary new evidence and witness testimony.”

“Now, though, as DOJ delves even more deeply into the former president’s inner circle and the select committee’s most significant round of public hearings has concluded, there appears to be greater urgency for prosecutors to obtain evidence the select committee has gathered.”