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J6 Select Committee Evidence Destruction – Failure to Archive Critical Witness Records (US)

Established Fact

[Established Fact – Archival failure confirmed] The January 6 Select Committee, chaired by Rep. Bennie Thompson and co-chaired by Rep. Liz Cheney, deliberately failed to archive critical witness transcripts – including transcripts of USSS agents – and failed to transmit numerous evidentiary records to the House Clerk before the Committee was dissolved in January 2023, in violation of House archival rules. The House Administration Committee subsequently confirmed that the Select Committee failed to properly preserve and transmit its full evidentiary record. Specifically, transcripts, video recordings, and records containing testimony that contradicted the Committee’s public narrative regarding President Trump’s role and regarding security failures were not archived.

Citations

House Administration Oversight Subcommittee Interim Report (2024), pp. 8-15 (confirming J6 Select Committee failed to properly archive and transmit evidentiary record to House Clerk). See House Administration Committee Interim Report.

House Administration Oversight Subcommittee Initial Findings Report (2023), pp. 3-9 (documenting specific categories of unarchived records including USSS agent transcripts and video recordings). See House Administration Initial Findings Report.

House Administration Committee found that 117 files were deleted or encrypted as of January 1, 2023, when Committee was dissolved. See also Chairman Loudermilk Second January 6 Report (Dec. 2024).

House Administration Committee Interim Report: https://cha.house.gov/_cache/files/6/d/6dae7b82-7683-4f56-a177-ba98695e600d/145DD5A70E967DEEC1F511764D3E6FA1.final-interim-report.pdf | House Committee on House Administration

J6 Committee failed to preserve records: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/j6-committee-failed-to-preserve-records-has-no-data-on-capitol-hill-security-failures-gop-charges | Fox News

Explosive Report Reveals J6 Committee Deleted Files: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/01/obstruction-justice-explosive-report-reveals-trump-hating-j6/ | The Gateway Pundit