[House Report 117-692]
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                                                Union Calendar No. 508
117th Congress   }                                      {       Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session      }                                      {      117-692
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                        REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES

                                 of the

                    SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE

                     THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE

                         UNITED STATES CAPITOL

                                 of the

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                               during the

                    ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS



                                     





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 December 30, 2022.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
            the State of the Union and ordered to be printed  
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 SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE UNITED 
                             STATES CAPITOL

               Bennie G. Thompson, Mississippi, Chairman
                    Liz Cheney, Wyoming, Vice Chair
                        Zoe Lofgren, California
                       Adam B. Schiff, California
                        Pete Aguilar, California
                      Stephanie N. Murphy, Florida
                         Jamie Raskin, Maryland
                       Elaine G. Luria, Virginia
                        Adam Kinzinger, Illinois  
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            COMMITTEE STAFF

                    David B. Buckley, Staff Director
      Kristin L. Amerling, Deputy Staff Director and Chief Counsel
               Hope Goins, Senior Counsel to the Chairman
           Joseph B. Maher, Senior Counsel to the Vice Chair
             Timothy J. Heaphy, Chief Investigative Counsel
                      Jamie Fleet, Senior Advisor
               Timothy R. Mulvey, Communications Director
           Candyce Phoenix, Senior Counsel and Senior Advisor
 John F. Wood, Senior Investigative Counsel and Of Counsel to the Vice 
                                 Chair

Katherine B. Abrams, Staff 
    Associate
Temidayo Aganga-Williams, Senior 
    Investigative Counsel
Alejandra Apecechea, Investigative 
    Counsel
Lisa A. Bianco, Director of Member 
    Services and Security Manager
Jerome P. Bjelopera, Investigator
Bryan Bonner, Investigative Counsel
Richard R. Bruno, Senior 
    Administrative Assistant
Marcus Childress, Investigative 
    Counsel
John Marcus Clark, Security 
    Director
Jacqueline N. Colvett, Digital 
    Director
Heather I. Connelly, Professional 
    Staff Member
Meghan E. Conroy, Investigator
Heather L. Crowell, Printer 
    Proofreader
William C. Danvers, Senior 
    Researcher
Soumyalatha Dayananda, Senior 
    Investigative Counsel
Stephen W. DeVine, Senior Counsel
Lawrence J. Eagleburger, 
    Professional Staff Member
Kevin S. Elliker, Investigative 
    Counsel
Margaret E. Emamzadeh, Staff 
    Associate
Sadallah A. Farah, Professional 
    Staff Member
Daniel A. George, Senior 
    Investigative Counsel
Jacob H. Glick, Investigative 
    Counsel
Aaron S. Greene, Clerk
Marc S. Harris, Senior 
    Investigative Counsel
Alice K. Hayes, Clerk
Quincy T. Henderson, Staff 
    Assistant
Jenna Hopkins, Professional Staff 
    Member
Camisha L. Johnson, Professional 
    Staff Member                     Thomas E. Joscelyn, Senior 
                                         Professional Staff Member
                                     Rebecca L. Knooihuizen, Financial 
                                         Investigator
                                     Casey E. Lucier, Investigative 
                                         Counsel
                                     Damon M. Marx, Professional Staff 
                                         Member
                                     Evan B. Mauldin, Chief Clerk
                                     Yonatan L. Moskowitz, Senior 
                                         Counsel
                                     Hannah G. Muldavin, Deputy 
                                         Communications Director
                                     Jonathan D. Murray, Professional 
                                         Staff Member
                                     Jacob A. Nelson, Professional 
                                         Staff Member
                                     Elizabeth Obrand, Staff Associate
                                     Raymond O'Mara, Director of 
                                         External Affairs
                                     Elyes Ouechtati, Technology 
                                         Partner
                                     Robin M. Peguero, Investigative 
                                         Counsel
                                     Sandeep A. Prasanna, Investigative 
                                         Counsel
                                     Barry Pump, Parliamentarian
                                     Sean M. Quinn, Investigative 
                                         Counsel
                                     Brittany M. J. Record, Senior 
                                         Counsel
                                     Denver Riggleman, Senior Technical 
                                         Advisor
                                     Joshua D. Roselman, Investigative 
                                         Counsel
                                     James N. Sasso, Senior 
                                         Investigative Counsel
                                     Grant H. Saunders, Professional 
                                         Staff Member
                                     Samantha O. Stiles, Chief 
                                         Administrative Officer
                                     Sean P. Tonolli, Senior 
                                         Investigative Counsel
                                     David A. Weinberg, Senior 
                                         Professional Staff Member
                                     Amanda S. Wick, Senior 
                                         Investigative Counsel
                                     Darrin L. Williams, Jr., Staff 
                                         Assistant
                                     Zachary S. Wood, Clerk
                                     
                                     
                                     
                       CONTRACTORS & CONSULTANTS

                             Rawaa Alobaidi
                             Melinda Arons
                              Steve Baker
                            Elizabeth Bisbee
                              David Canady
                             John Coughlin
                             Aaron Dietzen
                              Gina Ferrise
                           Angel Goldsborough
                             James Goldston
                              Polly Grube
                          L. Christine Healey
                             Danny Holladay
                              Percy Howard
                              Dean Jackson
                           Stephanie J. Jones
                              Hyatt Mamoun
                               Mary Marsh
                               Todd Mason
                              Ryan Mayers
                              Jeff McBride
                               Fred Muram
                             Alex Newhouse
                              John Norton
                             Orlando Pinder
                               Owen Pratt
                              Dan Pryzgoda
                              Brian Sasser
                            William Scherer
                              Driss Sekkat
                              Chris Stuart
                            Preston Sullivan
                              Brian Young

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                      LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                          House of Representatives,
          Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th  
                       Attack on the United States Capitol,
                                 Washington, DC, December 30, 2022.

Hon. Cheryl L. Johnson,
Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.

    Dear Ms. Johnson: Pursuant to clause 1(d) of rule XI of the 
Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, I hereby transmit 
the report on the activities of the Select Committee to 
Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol 
during the 117th Congress.

            Sincerely,
                                        Bennie G. Thompson,
                                                          Chairman.




























                                                Union Calendar No. 508
117th Congress   }                                      {       Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session      }                                      {      117-692

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  REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE  
    JANUARY 6TH ATTACK ON THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL OF THE HOUSE OF  
      REPRESENTATIVES DURING THE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS 

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 December 30, 2022.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 
            the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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 Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, from the Select Committee to Investigate 
  the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                                Overview

    The House created the Select Committee to Investigate the 
January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol in House 
Resolution 503, adopted on June 30, 2021.
    The resolution authorized and directed the Select Committee 
to investigate the facts, circumstances, and causes relating to 
the January 6, 2021, domestic terrorist attack upon the United 
States Capitol Complex and issues relating to the interference 
with the peaceful transfer of power. The functions of the 
Select Committee pursuant to H. Res. 503 are as follows:
   (1) investigate the facts, circumstances, and causes 
relating to the domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol, 
including facts and circumstances relating to--
           (A) activities of intelligence agencies, law 
        enforcement agencies, and the Armed Forces, including 
        with respect to intelligence collection, analysis, and 
        dissemination and information sharing among the 
        branches and other instrumentalities of government;
           (B) influencing factors that contributed to the 
        domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol and how 
        technology, including online platforms, financing, and 
        malign foreign influence operations and campaigns may 
        have factored into the motivation, organization, and 
        execution of the domestic terrorist attack on the 
        Capitol; and
           (C) other entities of the public and private sector 
        as determined relevant by the Select Committee for such 
        investigation;
   (2) identify, review, and evaluate the causes of and the 
lessons learned from the domestic terrorist attack on the 
Capitol regarding--
           (A) the command, control, and communications of the 
        United States Capitol Police, the Armed Forces, the 
        National Guard, the Metropolitan Police Department of 
        the District of Columbia, and other Federal, State, and 
        local law enforcement agencies in the National Capital 
        Region on or before January 6, 2021;
           (B) the structure, coordination, operational plans, 
        policies, and procedures of the Federal Government, 
        including as such relate to State and local governments 
        and nongovernmental entities, and particularly with 
        respect to detecting, preventing, preparing for, and 
        responding to targeted violence and domestic terrorism;
           (C) the structure, authorities, training, manpower 
        utilization, equipment, operational planning, and use 
        of force policies of the United States Capitol Police;
           (D) the policies, protocols, processes, procedures, 
        and systems for the sharing of intelligence and other 
        information by Federal, State, and local agencies with 
        the United States Capitol Police, the Sergeants at Arms 
        of the House of Representatives and Senate, the 
        Government of the District of Columbia, including the 
        Metropolitan Police Department of the District of 
        Columbia, the National Guard, and other Federal, State, 
        and local law enforcement agencies in the National 
        Capital Region on or before January 6, 2021, and the 
        related policies, protocols, processes, procedures, and 
        systems for monitoring, assessing, disseminating, and 
        acting on intelligence and other information, including 
        elevating the security posture of the United States 
        Capitol Complex, derived from instrumentalities of 
        government, open sources, and online platforms; and
           (E) the policies, protocols, processes, procedures, 
        and systems for interoperability between the United 
        States Capitol Police and the National Guard, the 
        Metropolitan Police Department of the District of 
        Columbia, and other Federal, State, and local law 
        enforcement agencies in the National Capital Region on 
        or before January 6, 2021; and
   (3) issue a final report to the House containing such 
findings, conclusions, and recommendations for corrective 
measures described in subsection (c) as it may deem necessary.

                  Legislative and Oversight Activities

    The Select Committee has no legislative jurisdiction or 
general oversight jurisdiction. Its investigative and oversight 
activities are directed to the specific matters charged to it 
by the House pursuant to H. Res. 503.
    The Select Committee held nine hearings and six business 
meetings during the 117th Congress. In furtherance of its 
investigative mission, the Select Committee conducted 278 
transcribed interviews and depositions, hundreds more informal 
interviews, and reviewed more than 630,000 documents provided 
by witnesses and government agencies amounting to millions of 
pages.
    On July 27, 2021, the Select Committee held its first 
hearing on the law enforcement experience on January 6th. The 
Select Committee received testimony from Sergeant Aquilino A. 
Gonell, U.S. Capitol Police; Officer Michael Fanone, 
Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, DC; Officer Daniel 
Hodges, Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, DC; and 
Officer Harry A. Dunn, U.S. Capitol Police.
    On October 19, 2021, the Select Committee held a business 
meeting and adopted a report recommending that the House of 
Representatives cite Stephen K. Bannon for criminal contempt of 
Congress by a recorded vote of 9 ayes and 0 noes (Committee 
Rollcall No. 1). On October 21, 2021, the House considered the 
Select Committee's report (H. Rept. 117-153) pursuant to the 
provisions of H. Res. 727 and adopted H. Res. 730, 
``Recommending that the House of Representatives find Stephen 
K. Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a 
subpoena duly issued by the Select Committee to Investigate the 
January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol,'' by a roll 
call vote of 229 yeas and 202 nays (Roll No. 329).
    Following House adoption of H. Res. 730, a grand jury 
indicted Mr. Bannon on two counts of violating 2 U.S.C.  192 
on November 12, 2021; and he was convicted of the same on July 
22, 2022. On October 21, 2022, Judge Carl J. Nichols, U.S. 
District Court for the District of Columbia, sentenced Mr. 
Bannon to 4 months of incarceration and imposed a fine of 
$6,500.
    On December 1, 2021, the Select Committee held a business 
meeting and adopted a report recommending that the House of 
Representatives cite Jeffrey B. Clark for criminal contempt of 
Congress by a recorded vote of 9 ayes and 0 noes (Committee 
Rollcall No. 2). On the same day, the Select Committee filed 
its report in the House (H. Rept. 117-200).
    On December 13, 2021, the Select Committee held a business 
meeting and adopted a report recommending that the House of 
Representatives cite Mark Randall Meadows for criminal contempt 
of Congress by a recorded vote of 9 ayes and 0 noes (Committee 
Rollcall No. 3). On December 14, 2021, the House considered the 
Select Committee's report (H. Rept. 117-216) pursuant to the 
provisions of H. Res. 848 and adopted H. Res. 851, 
``Recommending that the House of Representatives find Mark 
Randall Meadows in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply 
with a subpoena duly issued by the Select Committee to 
Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States 
Capitol,'' by a roll call vote of 222 yeas and 208 nays (Roll 
No. 447).
    On March 28, 2022, the Select Committee held a business 
meeting and adopted a report recommending that the House of 
Representatives cite Peter K. Navarro and Daniel Scavino, Jr., 
for criminal contempt of Congress by a recorded vote of 9 ayes 
and 0 noes (Committee Rollcall No. 4). On April 6, 2022, the 
House considered the Select Committee's report (H. Rept. 117-
284) pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1023 and adopted H. 
Res. 1037, ``Recommending that the House of Representatives 
find Peter K. Navarro and Daniel Scavino, Jr., in contempt of 
Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas duly issued by 
the Select Committee to investigate the January 6th Attack on 
the United States Capitol,'' by a roll call vote of 220 yeas 
and 203 nays (Roll No. 118).
    Following House adoption of H. Res. 1037, a grand jury 
indicted Mr. Navarro on two counts of violating 2 U.S.C.  192 
on June 2, 2022. As of publication of this report, Mr. Navarro 
is awaiting trial before the U.S. District Court for the 
District of Columbia.
    On June 9, 2022, the Select Committee held a hearing on the 
January 6th investigation and received testimony from Officer 
Caroline Edwards, U.S. Capitol Police; and Mr. Nicolas Quested, 
documentary filmmaker.
    On June 13, 2022, the Select Committee held a hearing on 
the January 6th investigation and received testimony from Mr. 
Chris Stirewalt, former Fox News political editor; Mr. Benjamin 
Ginsberg, election attorney; the Honorable Byung Jin ``BJay'' 
Pak, former United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
Georgia; and the Honorable Al Schmidt, former City Commissioner 
of Philadelphia.
    On June 16, 2022, the Select Committee held a hearing on 
the January 6th investigation and received testimony from Mr. 
Gregory F. Jacob, former counsel to Vice President Michael R. 
Pence; and the Honorable J. Michael Luttig, retired judge for 
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
    On June 21, 2022, the Select Committee held a hearing on 
the January 6th investigation and received testimony from the 
Honorable Russell Bowers, Speaker, Arizona State House of 
Representatives; the Honorable Brad Raffensperger, Georgia 
Secretary of State; Mr. Gabriel Sterling, Chief Operating 
Officer, Office of the Georgia Secretary of State; and Ms. 
Wandrea ArShaye ``Shaye'' Moss, former registration officer, 
Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections, Fulton 
County, Georgia.
    On June 23, 2022, the Select Committee held a hearing on 
the January 6th investigation and received testimony from the 
Honorable Jeffrey A. Rosen, former Acting U.S. Attorney General 
and Deputy Attorney General; the Honorable Richard Donoghue, 
former Acting Deputy Attorney General; and the Honorable Steven 
A. Engel, former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal 
Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice.
    On June 28, 2022, the Select Committee held a hearing on 
the January 6th investigation and received testimony from Ms. 
Cassidy Hutchinson, former Special Assistant to the President 
and aide to the White House Chief of Staff.
    On July 12, 2022, the Select Committee held a hearing on 
the January 6th investigation and received testimony from Mr. 
Jason Van Tatenhove, former Oath Keepers spokesperson; and Mr. 
Stephen Ayres, a January 6th defendant.
    On July 21, 2022, the Select Committee held a hearing on 
the January 6th investigation and received testimony from Mr. 
Matthew Pottinger, former Deputy National Security Advisor; and 
Ms. Sarah Matthews, former Deputy Press Secretary and Special 
Assistant to the President.
    On October 13, 2022, the Select Committee held a business 
meeting and adopted Committee Resolution 1, ``Directing the 
Chairman to issue a subpoena to Donald J. Trump,'' by a 
recorded vote of 9 ayes and 0 noes (Committee Rollcall No. 5). 
Accordingly, the Chairman of the Select Committee issued a 
subpoena for documents and testimony to former President Donald 
J. Trump on October 21, 2022.
    On December 19, 2022, the Select Committee held a business 
meeting and adopted its final report pursuant to section 4(a) 
of H. Res. 503 by a recorded vote of 9 ayes and 0 noes 
(Committee Rollcall No. 6). On December 22, 2022, the Select 
Committee filed its final report in the House (H. Rept. 117-
663).

                    Oversight Plan and Actions Taken

    Clause 2(d) of rule X of the Rules of the U.S. House of 
Representatives is inapplicable to the Select Committee.

                             Hearings Held 
            Pursuant to Clauses 2(n), (o), or (p) of Rule XI

    Clauses 2(n), (o), or (p) of rule XI of the Rules of the 
U.S. House of Representatives are inapplicable to the Select 
Committee.

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