“Well, certainly by the end of the year, because we’re like Cinderella at midnight,” Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin told “Face the Nation” on CBS. “Our license runs out at the end of the year, but under House Resolution 503, that’s a significant part of our responsibility, to report to the American people about how to prevent coups, insurrections, political violence and attacks on our democratic process going forward.”
Most select committee members feel that the public hearings held earlier this year have clearly laid out that Trump committed a crime for his role leading up to and on January 6 but believe it is up to the Department of Justice to pursue further.
“I would say (Thomas) has a relevant testimony to render, and she should come forward and give it. I don’t want to overstate her role,” he said. “We’ve talked to more than 1,000 people, but we’d like to hear from Gingrich and we’d like to hear from her, too.”
The committee wants to learn more about communications Gingrich had with senior advisers in the Trump White House about television advertisements that relied on false claims about the election.
“I think he has a lot of relevant evidence, and I would hope he would come forward and testify about what happened,” Raskin said. “We’re trying to get everybody to come forward voluntarily. … I would assume he’s going to come forward and testify voluntarily.”
Asked if his comments Sunday about Pence were intended to suggest the January 6 committee has made progress in trying to secure the former vice president’s testimony, Raskin told CNN that he just assumes “everyone will testify voluntarily, especially if they have nothing to hide.”
This story has been updated with additional reaction.
CNN’s Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen, Sara Murray and Athena Jones contributed to this report.
