- A DOJ laywer said the Jan. 6 committee will release transcripts for 1,000 interviews early September.
- The House panel investigating the deadly riot has interviewed William Barr, Ivanka Trump and others.
- The revelation came during a pre-trial hearing for 5 Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy.
A Justice Department lawyer revealed Thursday that transcripts of the 1,000 interviews conducted as part of the House January 6 committee's investigation into the Capitol attack will be made public in September. It would be an unprecedented release of documents that could shed new light on the January 6, 2021 insurrection.
The revelation came during a pretrial hearing for former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and four other members of the far-right group who were charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with their alleged role in planning and participating in the Capitol siege.
"The committee will release the transcripts in early September and a report of the committee's findings will be released around the same time," Assistant US Attorney Jason McCullough told a judge.
However, he cautioned that, "We do not have copies of the transcripts of the interview," and that the Justice Department had "no ability to compel Congress to give those transcripts to us" prior to their release.
McCullough said that those interviews will be released in a single tranche in early September, at around the same time as the committee's report. The Department of Justice had requested transcripts from the committee as it conducted its own investigations into the January 6 attack.
The Proud Boys leaders' seditious conspiracy trial is currently scheduled for August 8. The case could drag on for weeks, meaning the House committee's transcripts will likely land in the middle of a highly-anticipated trial.
The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, as it is officially known, has interviewed more than 1,000 people as it seeks to create the most comprehensive account of the riot and the forces that played a role in instigating it. Among those interviewed are prominent Trump administration officials, including former Attorney General William Barr, and Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump.
The committee will hold its first public hearing on June 9, as it seeks to make the case that former president Donald Trump was the key instigator of the January 6 attack, and that the incident posed a significant danger to the functioning of American democracy.