Justice Department admits it has 30 gigs of data from Jan. 6 committee unseen by public
Misty Severi
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There are 30 gigabytes of data on the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol that has not been seen by the public, the Justice Department revealed in a court filing related to an upcoming Oath Keepers trial Thursday.
The department said the evidence was appended to the 255 witness transcripts that were released last month before the House Jan. 6 committee disbanded at the end of 2022.
Redacted testimonies were included in the release last month, but the data include exhibits not previously released.
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The government is reviewing the material, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathryn Rakoczy said in the four-page court filing at the U.S. district court in Washington, D.C.
Among the material that has not been released are text messages from Ivanka Trump, text messages between former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, and figures from former President Donald Trump’s administration. There are also texts between a top Pence aide and an aide to Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI). The messages from Ivanka Trump and the Pence aide were referenced by the Jan. 6 committee, according to Politico.
The disclosure came in a court filing that opposed members of the Oath Keepers’ bid to postpone a Feb. 1 trial so the defense could sort through the documents. However, the government has attempted to downplay the material by claiming that the majority of the files were unrelated to the Oath Keeper case.
“The government’s preliminary review of the materials has not revealed much beyond the transcripts of these dozen witnesses that appears relevant to the issues likely to arise in this trial,” Rakoczy said.
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It is not clear whether the material will be released to the public because the Jan. 6 committee no longer exists, being disbanded at the start of the new Congress.