US Justice Department Seeking Jan. 6 Committee Transcripts: Chairman

The U.S. Department of Justice asked the House of Representatives committee investigating the 2021 U.S. Capitol breach to turn over some transcripts from interviews conducted as part of its probe, the panel’s chairman said on Tuesday.
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the chairman, told reporters in Washington that the department had asked for the transcripts but the panel had not agreed to turn them over for now.
“It’s our work product. It’s the committee’s work product,” Thompson said.
“We’re in the midst of our work. If they want to come and talk, just like we’ve had other agencies to come and talk, we’d be happy to talk to them, but we can’t give them access to our work product at this point,” he said….

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