Most of 34 witnesses whose transcripts have been released invoked fifth-amendment right against self-incrimination
Before the release, on Wednesday night, the January 6 committee released 34 transcripts from 1,000 interviews conducted over 18 months. Most of the interviewees were witnesses who invoked their fifth-amendment right against self-incrimination.“I guarantee there’ll be some very interesting new information in the report and even more so in the transcripts,” Adam Schiff of California, a Democratic member of the committee, told CBS.
At the meeting on Monday to adopt the report and recommend charges, the Democratic chair, Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, said: “This committee is nearing the end of its work but as a country we remain in strange and uncharted waters. He said: “I am more comfortable with the fact that the special counsel” – the prosecutor Jack Smith, appointed last month – “has been actively engaged in pursuing any and all the information available. They have been in contact with our committee, asking us to provide various transcripts and what have you.”He said: “Yes … we made the decision [with] consultation with other members that we will cooperate. But early on … we felt we had to get the report done.
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