What is the investigation?published at 20:57 British Summer Time 1 August 2023
This investigation centres around the events of 6 January 2021, when thousands of people stormed the US Capitol.
In the wake of that infamous day, a congressional committee spent 16 months looking into former president Donald Trump’s actions to determine if he was in any way responsible for encouraging supporters to riot.
The committee held a series of televised hearings which laid out their case that Trump’s election fraud claims directly caused the riot.
He was accused of inciting insurrection and the committee referred its findings to the justice department.
Then US Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith as a special counsel to lead the sprawling federal investigation into the 6 January riot.
That investigation has been shrouded in secrecy - but today we expect to learn more.