The U.S. Department of Justice admitted in a recent court filing that it has about 30 gigabytes (GB) worth of data not publicly disclosed by the House Select Committee on the Jan. 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol breach.
The Department of Justice disclosed the existence of the 30 GB of previously unreleased data in an ongoing court case to prosecute eight defendants for their alleged involvement in the Capitol breach. The eight defendants had requested to postpone their trial, with a request for more time to review the evidence that the government had recently turned over.
As part of their response to the defense request, the prosecutors said the 30 GB related to the testimonies of approximately 255 witnesses who testified for the now-defunct Jan. 6 committee. Prosecutors noted that the interview transcripts of these 255 witnesses were previously released by the committee, but those transcripts contained redactions, and exhibits to those transcripts had not been previously released….