Bennie Thompson

Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., delivered an opening statement in the first of several public hearings to present the findings of the panel.

Representative Bennie Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi, wasn't supposed to be in this position. After Jan. 6, Mr. Thompson, the chairman of the Homeland ...

“We want to show how that positioning occurred, so that the public understands that some of those things in a democracy should never happen.” But when Senate Republicans blocked the move, Speaker Nancy Pelosi turned to a backup plan: forming a special congressional committee to carry out the inquiry. Mr. Thompson is the only congressional Democrat from Mississippi, a deeply conservative state. He says an aggressive investigation is needed to properly demonstrate how former President Donald J. Trump sought to misuse federal agencies, such as the Justice Department, to help him stay in power as he spread the lie of a stolen election. Bennie Thompson: The Jan. 6 committee chairman is a veteran lawmaker from a conservative state. After Jan. 6, Mr. Thompson, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, negotiated with Representative John Katko of New York, the panel’s top Republican, to create a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the riot.

Jan. 6 committee chair Bennie Thompson is a stalwart voting rights advocate who says the investigation will be his 'signature work.'

The committee has stated that they want to use the public hearings to show the American public what unfolded on January 6 by revealing new evidence and providing witness testimonies. The titles of congressman and chairman don't follow him to Bolton. People still refer to him as "Bennie," he said. And Thompson hasn't ruled out holding more hearings in the future. "He doesn't seek a lot of publicity, and I'm glad he's getting some because the world needs to know who this brave warrior is." "Breaking apart families flies in the face of the 'family values' Republicans have campaigned on for decades. If you want to get to see your constituents, you have to spend a lot of time on the road." "He has created a great sense of warmth and community on this committee," Raskin said. But the issue of voting rights also impacted him personally. Thompson, who is the longest-serving Black elected official representing the state of Mississippi, says his years in public service have prepared him to helm a panel examining the threat to democracy posed by the January 6 riot. The House select committee, composed of seven Democrats and two Republicans, has worked around the clock to conduct their investigation. He has tackled issues from immigration policies at the southern border to cybersecurity threats. But he wants his legacy to be defined by his work spearheading the effort to make sure Americans learn about and never forget what happened on January 6.

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - On Jan 6th of 2021 thousands of Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a violent attempt to over through the 2020 ...

The committee does not have the authority to indict anyone. The final committee report is expected in the fall. “One of the things that I think is most important about Mr. Thompson’s involvement, is that as the chair of the committee, he has made clear for many months that the strategy that the committee was using was to gather as much information as possible, and then tell the world about it,” Reynolds said.

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - On Jan 6th of 2021 thousands of Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a violent attempt to over through the 2020 ...

The committee does not have the authority to indict anyone. The final committee report is expected in the fall. “One of the things that I think is most important about Mr. Thompson’s involvement, is that as the chair of the committee, he has made clear for many months that the strategy that the committee was using was to gather as much information as possible, and then tell the world about it,” Reynolds said.

The chairman of the House Jan. 6 committee opened a prime-time hearing Thursday by comparing the defense of the Capitol rioters to the defenders of the Ku ...

“We must confront the truth with candor resolve and determination,” Mr. Thompson said. “We need to show that we are worthy are the gifts that are the birthright of every American. That begins and it begins now.” The committee’s members aim to use the hearing to showcase what they call “the coordinated, multi-step effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and prevent the transfer of power.”

The eyes of the nation will be fixed on Rep. Bennie Thompson, Mississippi's longest serving member of Congress, as the special committee he chairs holds ...

“I was talking to my mother, and she was saying you know we don’t vote here in Bolton,” Thompson recalled. It has nothing to do with wealth. A big part of the committee’s work centers around the role of former President Donald Trump and his allies in the attack. “I’m a passionate believer that in a democracy you have to follow the rule of law,” Thompson recently told NPR. “It has nothing to do with individuals. As a young adult in the 1960s, he worked to register African Americans to vote and to ensure votes were counted. He is not interested in a higher office, and he shuns publicity.”

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - On Jan 6th of 2021 thousands of Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a violent attempt to over through the 2020 ...

The committee does not have the authority to indict anyone. The final committee report is expected in the fall. “One of the things that I think is most important about Mr. Thompson’s involvement, is that as the chair of the committee, he has made clear for many months that the strategy that the committee was using was to gather as much information as possible, and then tell the world about it,” Reynolds said.

The chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection called the attack a "culmination of an attempted coup," in opening remarks at ...

"Donald Trump was at the center of that conspiracy. Jan. 6 was a "sprawling multistep conspiracy aimed at overturning the election, aimed at overturning the votes of millions of Americans," Thompson said. Bennie Thompson says Jan. 6 was the 'culmination of an attempted coup'