Jan. 6 Panel Chairman Has COVID, But Prime-Time Hearing Still On

WASHINGTON (AP) – The chairman of the House Jan. 6 committee has tested positive for COVID-19, but the panel will still hold its prime-time hearing on Thursday.

Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi announced Tuesday he tested positive for the virus.

But Jan. 6 committee spokesman Tim Mulvey said the hearing scheduled to be held in prime time Thursday will proceed.

The news of Thompson’s diagnosis comes as the nine-member panel is preparing for the hearing, which is expected to focus on what President Donald Trump was doing in the White House on Jan. 6, 2021 for several hours as his supporters were breaking into the Capitol.