Sep 10, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Capitol riot panel says it received "thousands" of documents for probe

Oriana González

Picture of the Capitol surrounded by thousands of Trump supporters on Jan. 6 — Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as people try to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Photo: Brent Stirton/Getty Images

The House select committee in charge of investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot announced late Thursday that it had received "thousands of pages of documents" in relation to the investigation.

Driving the news: On Aug. 25, the committee sent requests to federal agencies asking them to preserve records and documents that contained information related to the attack. The panel gave the agencies a Sept. 9 deadline to hand over the materials.

The panel also reached out to social media outlets and other companies to turn over relevant materials, Reuters reports.

What they're saying: "These records supplement the material we’ve received from other House Committees related to their earlier probes of Jan. 6," the panel said.

The committee said it's aware that the National Archives, which handles presidential records, was in the process of reviewing former President Trump's documents that were part of the request.
The panel did not provide any details of what the documents exactly contained.

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