Key witnesses likely to testify in the upcoming January 6 committee hearings. See the list.

Then-White House legislative affairs director Marc Short (L) and Vice President Mike Pence in the Rose Garden at the White House on June 6, 2018 in Washington, DC.

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• The January 6 committee plans to put key witnesses on the stand during its public hearings.
• Key testimony is expected from Trump administration officials and those present at the Capitol.
• Likely witnesses include Capitol Police officers, Justice Department officials and riot embeds.

The select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack has interviewed nearly 1,000 people since it converged about a year ago. The panel is now set to start public hearings related to its investigation and is expected to call some of its key witnesses to testify in what is expected to be a widely-viewed series of events.

The witnesses are expected to provide the most compelling testimony during the public hearings set to kick off at 8 pm on Thursday. Although the full list of witnesses has not yet been made public January 6 committee staff have confirmed the names of those scheduled to testify Thursday night.  This story will be updated as new information becomes available.

Pat Cipollone, former Trump White House counsel

Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone.

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Cipollone was one of former President Donald Trump's top legal advisors on January 6, 2021. Cipollone is reportedly in talks with the January 6 committee to publicly testify about last year's Capitol riot and would focus on discussing Jeffrey Clark, a former top Justice Department official who reportedly used his powers to try and aid Trump in overturning the 2020 election.

Richard Donoghue, former Department of Justice official

US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Richard Donoghue.

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Donoghue was serving as Trump's acting deputy attorney general on January 6, 2021. CNN reported that Donoghue jotted down notes about a call he was on during which Trump tried pressuring him and Rosen to overturn the 2020 election results. Donaghue is set to testify on Wednesday, June 15. 

Caroline Edwards, Capitol Police officer

US Capitol Police Officer Caroline Edwards testified at the first hearing on June 9, 2022.

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Edwards was one of the congressional police officers who confronted the violent mob of Trump supporters as they swarmed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021. The New York Times reported that she was thrown to the ground, blinded with chemical spray, and suffered a concussion during the hours-long ordeal. Edwards testified on June 9 about the carnage she experienced that day.

Steve Engel, former Department of Justice attorney

Engel was an attorney in Trump's Department of Justice on January 6, 2021. ABC News reported that January 6 committee members want to work him into a panel that would include former White House counsel Pat Cipollone, former Acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen, and Donoghue,  the former acting deputy attorney general. Engel is set to testify on Wednesday, June 15. 

Benjamin Ginsberg, GOP election lawyer

Benjamin Ginsberg, right, and Robert Bauer, co-chairs of The Presidential Commission on Election and Administration, prepare to testify before a Senate Rules and Administration Committee hearing in Russell Building titled "Bipartisan Support for Improving U.S. Elections: An Overview from the Presidential Commission on Election Administration."

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Ginsberg is one of the attorneys who worked on the month-long recount fight in 2000 that ended with George W. Bush becoming president. In 2000, Ginsberg wrote that the GOP was "destroying itself on the altar of Trump" in a scathing op-ed. January 6 committee staff confirmed that Ginsberg is scheduled to testify Monday, June 13.

Cassidy Hutchinson, Trump White House aide

Hutchinson worked for then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on January 6, 2021.  She's reportedly been interviewed for more than 20 hours and has provided "extensive information about Meadows's activities in trying to overturn the election."

Greg Jacob, former Mike Pence general counsel

Jacob is reportedly on the short list of pre-vetted testimony for the public hearings. Jacobs is one of the people then-Trump attorney John Eastman blamed for the January 6 violence.

"The 'siege' is because YOU and your boss did not do what was necessary to allow this to be aired in a public way so that the American people can see for themselves what happened," Eastman wrote to Jacob during the attack, according to The Washington Post. 

Michael Luttig, conservative attorney and former judge

Luttig is a conservative lawyer and former appeals court judge who advised then-Vice President Mike Pence during Trump's attempt to overturn the election, The Washington Post reported.

Byung J. Pak, former US attorney for the northern district of Georgia

Pak was a Department of Justice attorney in Atlanta who resigned in January 2021 because he said he refused to go along with former President Donald Trump's baseless claims of election fraud. January 6 committee staff confirmed that Pak is scheduled to testify on Monday, June 13.

Nick Quested, British filmmaker who documented the Proud Boys

Nick Quested on December 9, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

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The British documentarian had been following the Trump-supporting Proud Boys in the months leading up to January 6, 2021, and was likely privy to planning conversations involving alleged rioter Enrique Torrio, the New York Times reported. The Department of Justice charged Torrio with seditious conspiracy on Monday. Quested testified on June 9. 

Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's secretary of state

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger holds a press conference on the status of ballot counting on November 6, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Raffensperger was one of the Georgia officials Trump famously asked to “find” the 12,000 votes needed to stop Biden from winning the Peach State. Instead, Raffensperger conducted a recount and certified Biden’s victory, compelling Trump to campaign against him in May’s GOP primary (which Raffensperger won, anyway). Politico reports that Raffensperger is in talks to testify publicly at one of the committee’s upcoming hearings.

Jeff Rosen, former acting attorney general

Former acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen.

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Rosen was serving as Trump's acting attorney general on January 6, 2021. He spoke to the committee in October 2021 about ideas Trump and those who supported false claims about the 2020 election kicked around in order to try and overturn the results. Rosen is set to testify on Wednesday, June 15. 

Al Schmidt, former Philadelphia city commissioner

Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt stands outside the Pennsylvania Convention Centre on November 6,2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Schmidt was a city commissioner for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who defended the state’s electoral process in 2020, thus invoking former President Donald Trump’s wrath. January 6 committee staff confirmed that Stepien is scheduled to testify on Monday, June 13.

Marc Short, former Mike Pence chief of staff

Pence aide Marc Short.

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Short was Pence's chief of staff on January 6, 2021. Short warned the Secret Service that Trump was about to publicly attack his boss the day before the January 6 insurrection.

Bill Stepien, former Trump campaign manager

Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien stands alongside then-US President Donald Trump as he speaks with reporters aboard Air Force One as he flies from Manchester, New Hampshire to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, August 28, 2020, following a campaign rally.

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Stepien was former President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign manager. The New York Times reports that during a meeting on November 7, 2021 at which Trump was pushing his baseless claims of election fraud Stepien laid out the "exceedingly low odds of success with his challenges." January 6 committee staff announced on June 12 that Stepien was scheduled to testify on Monday, June 13, but later said Stepien would not appear due to a family emergency and that his lawyer would make an on the record statement.

Gabriel Sterling, Georgia state election official

Gabriel Sterling, Georgia's Voting System Implementation manager.

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Sterling is Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperberger's top deputy. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that they are both expected to testify at one of the committee's upcoming hearings.

Chris Stirewalt, former Fox News executive

Stirewalt was the Fox digital politics editor who called Arizona for Joe Biden on election night 2020. He was fired in January 2021. NewsNation reports that Stirewalt is expected to testify at the committee's hearing on Monday, June 13.

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