The congressional probe into the US Capitol insurrection by Donald Trump's supporters plans to hold public hearings in June before issuing a final report in early autumn, its chairman says.
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The House of Representatives Select Committee on January 6, 2021, is "still looking at probably early fall" for releasing the final report, Representative Bennie Thompson says.
The committee's leaders had previously said they were aiming for hearings in early spring.
The revised timetable would still allow the panel to release its findings before the November 8 midterm elections, which will determine control of Congress for the next two years of President Joe Biden's term.
Republicans, who are favoured to reclaim control of the House in that election, are expected to shut the committee down if they do so.
The committee had previously planned to issue an interim report followed by a final report, but Thompson said the interim document was no longer in the works.
"The progress is coming at a better pace than we anticipated, so in all probability the goal is to produce one report," Thompson, a Democrat, told reporters on Tuesday.
The committee is trying to establish then-president Trump's actions while thousands of his supporters attacked police, vandalised the Capitol and sent members of Congress and then-vice president Mike Pence running for their lives.
Congress had been meeting to count the electoral votes that gave Democrat Joe Biden victory in the November 2020 presidential election.
About 800 people, including many Trump White House aides, have been interviewed in the committee's investigation.
Australian Associated Press
