Jan. 6 Committee Indicates It Will Ask Pence to Appear This Month

The caput of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot indicated Friday that the sheet volition inquire erstwhile Vice President Mike Pence this period to voluntarily conscionable with lawmakers.

"I deliberation you could expect that earlier the month's out," Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., told NPR in an interview. "Our committee truly needs to perceive what are his opinions astir what happened connected Jan. 6."

A committee adjutant aboriginal told NBC News that Thompson's remarks “indicate that the Select Committee is contemplating issuing an invitation to the erstwhile Vice President immoderate clip this month."

It was a engaged twelvemonth for national agents, with implicit 700 radical arrested since the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. NBCLX Political Editor Noah Pransky breaks down the numbers and talks astir the aftermath of the day, and President Joe Biden's fiery code that was dissimilar his accustomed self.

For much connected this story, go to NBC News.