Thompson, who was speaking off camera, would not say whether they have evidence that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows requests a pardon in writing, telling reporters, “Stay tuned for the hearings.”

Pressed on whether the pardons will be the subject of a future hearing, he said it “will be included.”

Asked about the urgency behind scheduling today’s hearing with 24-hours notice, Thompson replied: “The fact that we now have someone who worked in the White House, who clearly understands that many things were known in terms of the danger that the vice president faced, that people were breaking into the Capitol, who potentially were armed — they knew about it, and nothing was done for a long, long time, and we had not had a witness, up until Ms. Hutchinson, to step forward and say that.”

Thompson also said that they have not talked to the Department of Justice about potential witness tampering by Trump associates, or about Meadows.