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Washington (CNN)It's been a dramatic six months since the establishment of the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot.
Much of the committee's work to this point has taken place behind closed doors, and with an interim report not expected until the summer, the panel has drawn more headlines for the twists and turns of its plodding investigation than the revelations it's produced.
But it hasn't been just closed-door interviews, document requests and legal showdowns. Here's what the panel has produced so far.
Donald Trump Jr., Fox News personalities and lawmakers unsuccessfully implored then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on January 6 to get President Donald Trump to stop the violence unfurling at the US Capitol, according to text messages relayed by the House committee investigating the attack.
The messages were read by committee members on the House floor before referring a criminal contempt of Congress against Meadows to the Justice Department.
Trump Jr. "'He's got to condemn this sh*t ASAP. The Capitol Police tweet is not enough,'" Trump Jr. wrote in one message to Meadows, according to the committee's vice chairwoman, Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming.
Cheney detailed that when Meadows had texted back that he agreed, Trump Jr. said: "We need an Oval office address. He has to lead now. It has gone too far and...
Mombasa County Commissioner Mohamed Noor said investigations conducted so far have found no evidence that any victim had actually lost their genital organs despite widespread rumours circulating ...