But Thompson, D-Miss., isn’t ruling out holding more this summer, saying new evidence uncovered by the committee could prompt additional surprise hearings like the one last month that featured key witness Cassidy Hutchinson.

Asked whether he could promise that the July 21 public hearing — the panel’s eighth this year — will be the last, Thompson told reporters: “No, I can’t. I’m hoping it is, but something could come up, just like the Hutchinson situation that warranted what we felt was an immediate hearing.

”Another member, Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., also would not rule out additional hearings this summer, saying, “It depends on where the evidence takes us.”

Aguilar and others investigating the attack on Jan. 6, 2021, view Hutchinson’s bombshell public testimony — that President Donald Trump knew the supporters he sent to the Capitol that day were armed, that he refused to act as rioters stormed the Capitol and that he approved of their chanting that they wanted to hang Vice President Mike Pence — as a critical turning point in their yearlong inquiry that could lead to further revelations.