Jan. 6 Committee "Kicking into Overdrive"
The House committee has received thousands of records and interviewed several key witnesses; they're ready to make their findings public, "possibly as soon as the spring."
Many of the documents sent in by state election officials highlight the pressure former President Trump placed on lower-level administrators. With the Committee's state-level work "kicking into overdrive", more higher-up officials close to Trump are refusing to cooperate, this includes former Vice President Pence and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH). Both politicians have openly reversed their initial opinions of cooperation with the Committee, as Rep. Jordan called the investigation “partisan witch hunts.”
Chair Bennie Thompson and Vice Chair Liz Cheney testify before the House Rules Committee, seeking contempt of Congress charges against former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, at the Capitol on Dec. 14, 2021. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
Jan. 6 panel ramps up investigation into Trump's state-level pressure, Politico | 1/10/2022
By Nicholas Wu
The state-level investigation by the Jan. 6 Committee has found no evidence of the baseless conspiracies of election fraud in Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania and Michigan promoted by Trump. On the other hand, however, the Committee is finding evidence of pressure placed onto state election officials, such as the previously reported incident of Trump’s call to Georgia's top elections investigator.
Video: Rep. Jim Jordan snubs January 6 committee, CNN | 1/11/2022
In November, Rep. Jim Jordan said he "had nothing to hide" on the topic of the Committee's investigation. On Sunday, Rep. Jordan sent a letter to Congress refusing to cooperate with the investigation on the grounds that he has "no relevant information that would assist the Select Committee in advancing any legitimate legislative purpose."