Jan. 6 Capitol riot hearings to stretch into July, chairman says

are two of the unsung heroes in this country, doing the hard, your proud service as an election worker took *** dramatic turn on the day that Rudy Giuliani publicized the video of you and your mother counting ballots on election night. President trump Rudy Giuliani and others claimed on the basis of this video that you and your mother were somehow involved in *** plot to kick out observers bring suitcases of false ballots for biden into the arena and then run them through the machines multiple times. None of that was true was it of Ruby Freeman and Shay Freeman Mars and one Other Gentleman quite obviously surreptitiously passing around USB ports as if their vials of heroin or cocaine. I mean it's it's it's obvious to anyone who's *** criminal investigator or prosecutor. They are engaged in surreptitious illegal activity again that day and after *** week ago and they're still walking around Georgia. Why should have been, they should have been uh, should have been questioned already. Uh, there are places of work, their homes should have been searched for evidence of balance, for evidence of USB ports, for evidence of voter fraud. When when I saw the video, of course the first thing that I said was like why why why why are they doing this? What's going on? And um, they, you know, just told me that trump and his allies were not satisfied with the outcome of the election. And they were getting *** lot of threats and um being harassed online and asked me, you know, have I been receiving anything. And I need to check on my mom and those horrible things that they include threats. Yes, *** lot of threats um wishing death upon me um telling me that you know I'll be in jail with my mother and saying things like Be Glad It's 2020 and Not 1920. Yes *** lot of these threats and and vile comments, racist in nature. *** lot of them were racist, *** lot of them were just hateful. Yes sir. In one of the videos we just watched Mr Giuliani accused you and your mother of passing some sort of USB drive to each other. What was your mom actually handing you on that video? *** ginger mint, tell us if you would of the other election workers shown in that state farm arena video and their supervisors, how many are still election workers in Fulton County? There is no permanent election worker or supervisor in that video that's still there. And did you end up leaving? You're leaving your position as well? Yes, I I left, there is nowhere I feel safe nowhere. Do you know how it feels to have the President of the United States to target you. The President of the United States is supposed to represent every american not to target one, but he targeted me. Lady ruby, *** small business owner, *** mother, *** proud american citizen who stand up to help Fulton County running the election in the middle of the pandemic

The House's Jan. 6 committee plans to continue its public hearings into July as its investigation of the Capitol riot deepens.The chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, told reporters Wednesday that the committee is receiving "a lot of information" — including new documentary film footage of Trump's final months in office — as its yearlong inquiry intensifies with hearings into the attack on Jan. 6, 2021, and Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election that Democrat Joe Biden won.Thompson, D-Miss., said the committee's Thursday hearing, which is set to highlight former Justice Department officials testifying about Trump's proposals to reject the election results, would wrap up this month's work. The committee would start up again in July.Video above: Georgia election workers testify about harassment"We have a new documentary from a person that we're talking to, and we got to look through all his information," Thompson said, referring to the British filmmaker whose never-before-seen interviews with the former president and his inner circle were turned over to the committee this week. The footage was taken both before and after the insurrection.Video above: Jan 6. panel details pressure campaign toward PenceFor the past year, the committee has been investigating the violence at the Capitol and its causes, and has interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses and produced some 140,000 documents. Nine people died in the attack and its aftermath. The committee had been scheduled to conclude this first round of public hearings in June. But additional information has come to the committee's attention, and Congress is set to recess for two weeks of remote and district work into the Fourth of July holiday.The revelation about the film came to light Tuesday when British filmmaker Alex Holder revealed he had complied with a congressional subpoena to turn over all of the footage he shot in the final weeks of Trump's 2020 reelection campaign.Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., indicated on Tuesday that the investigation's schedule may be changing."I would just say the original hearings would have wrapped up in June, but we are picking up new evidence on a daily basis with enormous velocity," Raskin said. "And so we're constantly incorporating and including the new information that's coming out." Video above: Georgia election official Gabe Sterling's testimony He added: "But certainly the hearings will conclude before the end of the summer."The televised hearings launched with a prime-time session this month, and lawmakers said they continue uncovering new tips and information.___AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report.

WASHINGTON —

The House's Jan. 6 committee plans to continue its public hearings into July as its investigation of the Capitol riot deepens.

The chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, told reporters Wednesday that the committee is receiving "a lot of information" — including new documentary film footage of Trump's final months in office — as its yearlong inquiry intensifies with hearings into the attack on Jan. 6, 2021, and Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election that Democrat Joe Biden won.

Thompson, D-Miss., said the committee's Thursday hearing, which is set to highlight former Justice Department officials testifying about Trump's proposals to reject the election results, would wrap up this month's work. The committee would start up again in July.

Video above: Georgia election workers testify about harassment

"We have a new documentary from a person that we're talking to, and we got to look through all his information," Thompson said, referring to the British filmmaker whose never-before-seen interviews with the former president and his inner circle were turned over to the committee this week. The footage was taken both before and after the insurrection.

Video above: Jan 6. panel details pressure campaign toward Pence

For the past year, the committee has been investigating the violence at the Capitol and its causes, and has interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses and produced some 140,000 documents. Nine people died in the attack and its aftermath.

The committee had been scheduled to conclude this first round of public hearings in June. But additional information has come to the committee's attention, and Congress is set to recess for two weeks of remote and district work into the Fourth of July holiday.

The revelation about the film came to light Tuesday when British filmmaker Alex Holder revealed he had complied with a congressional subpoena to turn over all of the footage he shot in the final weeks of Trump's 2020 reelection campaign.

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., indicated on Tuesday that the investigation's schedule may be changing.

"I would just say the original hearings would have wrapped up in June, but we are picking up new evidence on a daily basis with enormous velocity," Raskin said. "And so we're constantly incorporating and including the new information that's coming out."

Video above: Georgia election official Gabe Sterling's testimony

He added: "But certainly the hearings will conclude before the end of the summer."

The televised hearings launched with a prime-time session this month, and lawmakers said they continue uncovering new tips and information.

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AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro contributed to this report.

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