Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, a member of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, said on Sunday, July 24 that, the panel is still examining possible links between former President Donald Trump and far-right extremist groups, including the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, members of which have been charged for their roles in the attack.
“That remains an ongoing part of our investigation,” Schiff said in an interview on “Face the Nation.” “We have certainly shown some links between the president, the key advisors like Roger Stone and Mike Flynn, and elements of these white nationalist groups, but that component of our investigation continues” he added.
More than a dozen members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, including their respective leaders Stewart Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio, have been charged with seditious conspiracy for their alleged roles in the Jan. 6 assault.
The select committee examined the role of far-right extremist groups on Jan. 6 and on Thursday, July 20, held its eighth public hearing mapping out what investigators described as a multi-pronged campaign from Trump to thwart the transfer of presidential power.
The committee is prepared to consider issuing a subpoena to Ginni Thomas, a conservative activist, and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
Ginni Thomas corresponded with former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and John Eastman, a conservative lawyer who was behind a legal strategy to overturn the election results, about the efforts to keep Trump in power.
The committee has asked Ginni Thomas to speak with members voluntarily, but her lawyer told the panel he wants a “better justification” for why her testimony is relevant.
