Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January sixth Attack on the U.S. Capitol, talks to reporters on Nov. 17, 2022.

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Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January sixth Attack on the U.S. Capitol, talks to reporters on Nov. 17, 2022.

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Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House choose committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, instructed reporters Tuesday the panel is prone to make legal referrals.

“What we’ve decided is that we will probably make referrals – as to how many, we’ve not decided on the number,” he stated.

Thompson added: “We have not made a decision as to who, but we have made decisions that criminal referrals will happen.”

Asked whether or not there’s a checklist of individuals the panel is contemplating for referrals, Thompson stated, “Yes, but I can’t give them to you right now.”

The committee is assembly just about Tuesday night to proceed discussions on potential legal referrals. They met on Friday morning behind closed doorways to think about a variety of matters — together with whether or not to concern potential legal referrals for former President Trump and others.

The panel is anticipated to fulfill all through this week and will share its plans on legal referrals by Friday, Thompson stated.

Trump, the central participant within the panel’s investigation into the violence that erupted on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, was subpoenaed by the panel in October. Trump has not cooperated.

The committee has held a sequence of public hearings laying out its findings and is anticipated to current a complete report earlier than the tip of the month.

Thompson known as the report a “work in progress.”

“We’re actually going over printed material now, scrubbing stuff,” he stated, noting the report is “quite lengthy” at eight chapters lengthy.

The report is anticipated to incorporate info that hasn’t been made public throughout the earlier hearings and the committee additionally plans to share lots of of transcripts of the over 1,000 witnesses it interviewed.

Thompson stated the ultimate report will seemingly be launched in “some public format,” however would not speculate on whether or not it might take the type of one other public committee listening to.

The committee is ready to sundown Dec. 31.