The committee is expected to use some evidence from a Danish film crew that trailed the political operative Roger J. Stone Jr., a longtime ally of Mr. Trump, for a documentary titled “A Storm Foretold.”
The filmmakers said they plan to attend the hearing at the Capitol.
Included in the evidence are text messages that show that Mr. Stone sought a pardon in connection with the events of Jan. 6 and maintained close relationships with the leaders of two far-right extremist groups, the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers.
The footage also shows Mr. Stone using bellicose language, endorsing violence and laying out plans to create and exploit uncertainty about the election results to help Mr. Trump cling to power.
The panel also could use some of the testimony of Virginia Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas and a conservative activist who pushed to overturn the 2020 election. Her interview was not recorded on video under an arrangement reached with her lawyer.
Committee investigators also held closed-door interviews with senior Trump administration officials throughout the summer in an effort to uncover more about the period between Jan. 6 and Jan. 20, 2021, when President Biden was sworn in, including talks about invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Mr. Trump from office.
The committee also has been investigating statements by key allies of Mr. Trump asserting that the president planned to declare he won the election even if the votes proved he had lost.
The session will come as the committee, with only months remaining in its work, still faces many significant unresolved issues, including whether to issue subpoenas to Mr. Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, a possibility that appears increasingly unlikely with each passing day. Members must weigh whether to enforce subpoenas issued to Republican members of Congress who have refused to cooperate with their inquiry, when to turn the investigative files over to the Justice Department and whether to make criminal referrals to the department.
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