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The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol announced on June 27, 2022, that it was adding a hearing for the next day, June 28, at 1 p.m. Eastern. The committee said the session would present recently obtained evidence and include witness testimony. Congressional records show the hearing was the one that featured Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who testified before the panel. ([january6th-benniethompson.house.gov](https://january6th-benniethompson.house.gov/legislation/hearings/06282022-select-committee-hearing?utm_source=openai))

The added hearing landed in the middle of a planned break in the committee’s public schedule. The notice itself did not preview the testimony in detail, but it set a specific time and made clear the panel was ready to put new material on the record before lawmakers returned. ([january6th-benniethompson.house.gov](https://january6th-benniethompson.house.gov/legislation/hearings/06282022-select-committee-hearing?utm_source=openai))

The June 28 session became another public checkpoint in an inquiry that had already moved through testimony about pressure on state officials, the Justice Department and then-Vice President Mike Pence after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. The committee’s own later report lists the June 28 hearing as a session at which Hutchinson testified. ([congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/committee-report/117th-congress/house-report/692/1?utm_source=openai))

For the committee, the message on June 27 was simple: it had more to show, and it was not waiting for the regular hearing calendar to do it. The surprise addition kept the investigation in public view and signaled that the panel still had evidence it wanted to air while the 117th Congress was in session. ([january6th-benniethompson.house.gov](https://january6th-benniethompson.house.gov/legislation/hearings/06282022-select-committee-hearing?utm_source=openai))