Democrats plan to hold a fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot by reconvening the House select committee that investigated the matter.

In a “Dear Colleague” letter, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) asked members of the House if they would like to provide testimony at a hearing that is otherwise slated to review the Trump administration’s impact on elections.

“At the hearing, we will examine ongoing threats to free and fair elections posed by an out-of-control Trump administration, expose the election deniers who hold high-level positions of significance in the executive branch and detail the threats to public safety posed by the hundreds of violent felons who were pardoned on the President’s first day in office,” Jeffries wrote.

“We will also present a panel of members who wish to share their personal experiences from that horrific day,” he added, making a call for “members who wish to share their personal experiences from that horrific day.”

Assembled in the wake of the attack, the panel held a series of blockbuster hearings in the summer of 2022 that shed new light on the involvement of President Trump and his closest advisers in seeking to block the certification of the vote. The panel ultimately made a criminal referral for Trump and suggested he face charges under four different statutes, including aiding an insurrection.

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