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Key witnesses likely to testify in the upcoming January 6 committee hearings. See the list.
Key witnesses likely to testify in the upcoming January 6 committee hearings. See the list.
Warren RojasJun 17, 2022, 03:53 IST
Then-White House legislative affairs director Marc Short (L) and Vice President Mike Pence in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 6, 2018 in Washington, DC.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
The January 6 committee plans to put key witnesses on the stand during its public hearings.
Key testimony is expected from Trump administration officials and those present at the Capitol.
The select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack has interviewed nearly 1,000 people since it converged about a year ago. The panel is now set to start public hearings related to its investigation and is expected to call some of its key witnesses to testify in what is expected to be a widely-viewed series of events.
Although the full list of witnesses has not yet been made public January 6 committee staff have confirmed the names of those scheduled to testify Thursday afternoon. This story will be updated as new information becomes available.
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Pat Cipollone, former Trump White House counsel
Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone.Alex Wong/Getty Images
Richard Donoghue, former Department of Justice official
US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Richard Donoghue.Kena Betancur/Getty Images
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Caroline Edwards, Capitol Police officer
US Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards testified at the first hearing on June 9, 2022.Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Steve Engel, former Department of Justice attorney
Engel was an attorney in Trump's Department of Justice on January 6, 2021. ABC News reported that January 6 committee members want to work him into a panel that would include former White House counsel Pat Cipollone, former Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, and Donoghue, the former acting deputy attorney general. Engel is expected to testify at a future hearing.
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Benjamin Ginsberg, GOP election lawyer
Benjamin Ginsberg, right, and Robert Bauer, co-chairs of The Presidential Commission on Election and Administration, prepare to testify before a Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing in Russell Building titled "Bipartisan Support for Improving U.S. Elections: An Overview from the Presidential Commission on Election Administration."Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call
Cassidy Hutchinson, Trump White House aide
Hutchinson worked for then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on January 6, 2021. She's reportedly been interviewed for more than 20 hours and has provided "extensive information about Meadows's activities in trying to overturn the election."
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Greg Jacob, former Mike Pence general counsel
Jacob is one of the people then-Trump attorney John Eastman blamed for the January 6 violence.
"The 'siege' is because YOU and your boss did not do what was necessary to allow this to be aired in a public way so that the American people can see for themselves what happened," Eastman wrote to Jacob during the attack, according to The Washington Post.
House January 6 committee staff confirmed that Jacob is scheduled to testify during its third public hearing on Thursday, June 16.
Michael Luttig, conservative attorney and former judge
Luttig is a conservative lawyer and former appeals court judge who advised then-Vice President Mike Pence during Trump's attempt to overturn the election, The Washington Post reported.
House January 6 committee staff confirmed that Luttig is scheduled to testify Thursday, June 16.
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Byung J. Pak, former US attorney for the northern district of Georgia
Pak was a Department of Justice attorney in Atlanta who resigned in January 2021 because he said he refused to go along with former President Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud. Pak testified on June 13.
Nick Quested, British filmmaker who documented the Proud Boys
Nick Quested on December 9, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for International Documentary Association
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Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's secretary of state
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger holds a press conference on the status of ballot counting on November 6, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.Jessica McGowan/Getty Images
Jeff Rosen, former acting attorney general
Former acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen.Yuri Gripas-Pool/Getty Images
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Al Schmidt, former Philadelphia city commissioner
Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt stands outside the Pennsylvania Convention Centre on November 6,2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Lynsey Addario/Getty Images
Marc Short, former Mike Pence chief of staff
Pence aide Marc Short.Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Bill Stepien, former Trump campaign manager
Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien stands alongside then-US President Donald Trump as he speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One as he flies from Manchester, New Hampshire to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, August 28, 2020, following a campaign rally.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Gabriel Sterling, Georgia state election official
Gabriel Sterling, Georgia's Voting System Implementation manager.Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
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Chris Stirewalt, former Fox News executive
Stirewalt was the Fox digital politics editor who called Arizona for Joe Biden on election night 2020. He was fired in January 2021. Stirewalt testified on June 13.