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The Justice Department updated the request for record of witness interviews from House this week. On January 6, he claimed that the “failure” of publishing the Commission’s records complicated their efforts to prosecute the defendants.
The request was made as part of a continuation allegation by two alleged members of the Proud Boys who requested that the trial on sedition conspiracy be transferred from August to December. I was afraid.
The prosecution agreed with the motion, saying that defendants could face “prejudice” if the writing records were released after the trial began.
US Assistant Attorney Matthew Graves, along with Assistant Assistant Attorneys Kenneth Polite Jr. and Matthew Olsen, attached a motion letter to Timothy Heaphy, the Commission’s chief investigative adviser, on Wednesday.
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“It is immediately likely that the interviews conducted by the Special Commission are not only related to our overall criminal investigation, but also to certain prosecutions that have already been launched. I see. Given this duplication, the Special Commission has made copies of the interview records of all witnesses, “the prosecutor wrote in a letter.
“The selection committee did not allow the department access to these copies, complicating the department’s ability to investigate and prosecute those involved in criminal activity in connection with the January 6 attack on the Capitol. became.”
January 6 Commission chairman Benny Thompson told reporters Thursday that they had just received the letter on Wednesday and would work with the Justice Department “on time.”
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“We’re not going to stop doing what we’re doing to share the information we’ve got with the Justice Department. We have to do our job,” Thompson said.
“We will eventually work with them. We need to do five more hearings. There’s a lot more to do.”
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According to a letter the prosecution wrote to the committee this week, the Justice Department initially requested a writing record on April 20.
Records will be released in September as the Commission finalizes the report on the Parliamentary riots.