Jan. 6 Probe Obtains ‘Thousands’ Of Pages Of Federal Agency Documents

Jan. 6 Probe Obtains ‘Thousands’ Of Pages Of Federal Agency Documents

Share to Linkedin The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U. S. Capitol said Thursday it has obtained a vast trove of documents from federal agencies as part of its wide-reaching investigation of both the Capitol riot and the events surrounding it. WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 27: Members of the House select committee investigating the deadly pro-Trump ... [+] invasion of the U. S. Capitol meet in a room ahead of the first hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 in Washington, DC. During its first hearing, the committee - which currently made up of seven Democrats and two Republicans - will hear testimony from law enforcement officers about their experiences while defending the Capitol on January 6. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) A committee spokesperson told Forbes in a statement they have received "thousands of pages of documents" in response to their records requests to eight federal agencies, including the National Archives, the Department of Justice and the Pentagon. The requests, sent out on August 25, gave each agency just two weeks to hand over the requested records, but the spokesperson said Thursday