The House Administration Committee’s Oversight Subcommittee found that over 100 files related to the January 6 investigation were deleted and encrypted before Republicans took control of the House in 2023.
The new GOP-led committee, chaired by Rep. Barry Loudermilk, discovered the missing files and demanded access to them.
Loudermilk’s committee also sought unedited transcripts from the White House and Department of Homeland Security, accusing the previous Democrat-led committee of obstructing their investigation.
“As you acknowledged in your July 7, 2023 letter, the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (Select Committee) did not archive all Committee records as required by House Rules,” Loudermilk wrote.
“You wrote that you sent specific transcribed interviews and depositions to the White House and Department of Homeland Security but did not archive them with the Clerk of the House.”
“One recovered file disclosed the identity of an individual whose testimony was not archived by the Select Committee,” Loudermilk later said. “Further, we found that most of the recovered files are password-protected, preventing us from determining what they contain.”
“It’s obvious that Pelosi’s Select Committee went to great lengths to prevent Americans from seeing certain documents produced in their investigation. It also appears that Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney intended to obstruct our Subcommittee by failing to preserve critical information and videos as required by House rules,” Loudermilk said.
“The American people deserve to know the full truth, and Speaker Johnson has empowered me to use all tools necessary to recover these documents to get the truth, and I will.”
The investigation remains ongoing, with a focus on recovering the missing documents and ensuring transparency.
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