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
Chairman. much has happened since our last public hearing on july 21st. as the chairman mentioned, we ve received new and voluminous documentation from the secret service, which we continue to analyze. we ve received new witness testimony, including about efforts to obstruct our investigation and conceal key facts. according to public reporting, the department of justice has been very active in pursuing many of the issues identified in our prior hearings. our committee may ultimately decide to make a series of criminal referrals to the department of justice. but we recognize that this rule is not make decisions regarding prostitute prosecution. the preamble to our constitution recites, among its purposes, to quote, establish justice. our nations judiciary and our u.s. department of justice have that responsibility. a key element of this committee s responsibility is to propose reforms to prevent january 6th from ever happening