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Widows of officers who committed suicide after Jan. 6 riot attending hearing

By June 7, 2022 | updated 3 years ago

Widows of officers who committed suicide after Jan. 6 riot attending hearing

Two widows of officers who committed suicide in the days and weeks after the Capitol riot will attend the House Jan. 6 committee’s hearing later this week.

Erin Smith, the widow of D.C. Metropolitan Police officer Jeffrey Smith, and Serena Liebengood, widow of Capitol Police officer Howie Liebengood, are expected to attend Thursday in the first of a planned series of June hearings, according to Politico. Several officers who were at the Capitol that day also plan to attend, particularly those who have spoken publicly about the violence and have cooperated as witnesses during the investigation.

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The select committee, composed of seven Democrats and two Republicans, has collected evidence through interviews and acquiring phone records and other communications between top officials. The hearings are a chance for the committee to present its findings on TV, including information about former President Donald Trump’s involvement and knowledge of the attack. Trump has denied responsibility for the Capitol riot and has chastised the panel as being a political witch hunt.

The House select committee is reportedly planning to present live testimony from two people who directly interacted with the Proud Boys on the day of the riot, including documentarian Nick Quested, who filmed the group in the week leading up to Jan. 6, 2021. The panel will also hear from Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards, who was injured while trying to hold back the mob of people storming the Capitol that day.

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The committee has also invited former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen and his then-deputy Richard Donoghue to testify before the panel during one of its hearings.

The first Jan. 6 hearing on Thursday will be a prime-time event, while the second hearing has been scheduled for 10 a.m. next Monday morning. James Goldston, a former president of ABC News, is working with the committee to produce the hearings, sources told CNN.

The Washington Examiner reached out to the Jan. 6 committee for comment but did not receive a response.

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