Fox News Host Sean Hannity
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The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 invasion of the Capitol is seeking information and cooperation from Fox News opinion host Sean Hannity, a close ally of former President Donald Trump.
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., one of nine lawmakers on the bipartisan select panel, confirmed to MSNBC on Tuesday that the investigation is turning toward Hannity.
“I think you’ll see an announcement about that very soon,” Schiff said, adding that it is “my understanding” that the committee is seeking Hannity’s voluntary cooperation.
Axios first reported earlier Tuesday that the committee wants Hannity to cooperate.
A spokesman for the select committee did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.
Jay Sekulow, described by Axios as counsel to Hannity, told CNBC in an email, “We have not heard anything” from the House committee regarding its probe of the Capitol riot.
Sekulow had told Axios that “if true, any such request would raise serious constitutional issues including First Amendment concerns regarding freedom of the press.”
Last month, select committee Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., revealed that Hannity had texted Mark Meadows, then White House chief of staff, on Jan. 6 as the invasion was underway.
“Can he make a statement? Ask people to leave the Capitol,” urged Hannity, Cheney said.
Asked for comment on the committee’s interest in Hannity, Fox spokeswoman Caley Cronin directed CNBC to Sekulow’s comments to Axios.
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