What to know about the final public meeting of the Jan. 6 committee:

• The committee is expected to make at least three criminal referrals to the Justice Department for former President Donald Trump: obstructing an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the government and inciting or assisting an insurrection.
• The panel has also been considering contempt of Congress referrals for fellow members who have ignored its subpoenas, for witnesses it believes lied to its investigators and for people it believes tried to intimidate witnesses.
• The full final report is expected to be made public later this week.
• The committee was formed in July 2021, and has spent the last 17 months investigating the U.S. Capitol attack, which temporarily stopped Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election results, and the events surrounding it.

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Hope Hicks texted that Trump refused her advice to call for peace before Jan. 6

Rebecca Shabad and Frank Thorp V

The committee recounted text messages it received from Hope Hicks, who was serving as a senior White House adviser on the day of the riot.

Hicks was texting with another staffer during the violence to say she had “suggested ... several times” on Jan. 4 and Jan. 5, 2021, that Trump state publicly that Jan. 6 should remain peaceful, and that Trump refused her advice.

"Hey. I know you’re seeing this. But he ... really should tweet something about Being NON-violent," the staffer texted Hicks, according to the...

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