Chairman Loudermilk Requests Missing Data from Former January 6th Select Committee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 18, 2025
CONTACT:
Brandon Cockerham
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Select Subcommittee on January 6th Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) sent letters to Attorney General Pam Bondi, the University of Virginia and several private businesses in search of the more than one terabyte of digital data the former January 6th Select Committee failed to archive or deleted.
“This is an important first step in unraveling the predetermined narrative the former January 6th Select Committee crafted to hurt President Donald J. Trump," said Chairman Loudermilk. "Why else would their committee delete or fail to properly archive more than a terabyte of data? I look forward to uncovering the rest of the missing data and providing the American people with a complete and accurate report on the events surrounding January 6, 2021, and the partisan investigation that followed.”
Read excerpts from one of the letters:
“The Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding January 6, 2021, is conducting oversight of the events that occurred at the Capitol and the response and subsequent investigation. We understand that during the 117th Congress, the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (January 6th Select Committee) received documents and information from the Justice Department. Yet, last Congress, an investigation led by then-House Administration Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Barry Loudermilk found that the January 6th Select Committee left video footage unaccounted for and that many documents were missing or deleted. For example, the January 6th Select Committee failed to archive over one terabyte of digital data and former January 6th Select Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson conceded that he withheld footage of witness interviews and depositions. To date, Representative Thompson has failed to account for the missing footage and data.
“To assist in our oversight, we respectfully request that you produce to the Select Subcommittee all materials provided by the Justice Department to the January 6th Select Committee in the 117th Congress, including all documents and communications between or among the January 6th Select Committee and the Justice Department. Please provide this material as soon as possible but no later than October 2, 2025.”
Letters were sent to: