the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol will be in order. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess pursuant the house deposition authority regulation ten, the chair announces the committee s approval to release the deposition material presented during today s hearing. good afternoon and may god bless the united states of america. four months ago, this committee started to present our findings to you, the american people. from the beginning, we understood that some people watching those proceedings would wrongly assume that the committee s investigation was a partisan exercise. that s why i asked those who are skeptical of our work to simply listen. to listen to the evidence, to hear the testimony with an open mind. and to let the facts speak for themselves before reaching a judgment. over the course of these hearings, the evidence has proven that there were a multi part plan led by former p
9:30 am said, that there were possibly oh c-spray, meaning pepper spray, and or plastic riot shields. at 11:23 am, agents also reported possible armed individuals. one with a glock, one with a rifle. over the next hour, agents reported possible man with a gun report, confirmed pistol on hip located in a tree, and one detained at 14th and high street northwest, individual had an assault rifle on his person. minutes before president trump began his speech, members of the federal protective service, and agency tasked with protecting federal buildings, were alerted about an arrest of a protester with a gun on his waist. during the speech, the weapons related arrests continued. at 12:13 pm, united states park police