JUNE 16: U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) (C), Chair of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol, presides over a hearing with J. Michael Luttig, former U.S. Court of Appeals judge for Fourth Circuit, and Greg Jacob, former counsel to Vice President Mike Pence, in the Cannon House Office Building on June 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 3:15 PM PT – Thursday, December 1, 2022

Democrat January 6th committee member Zoe Lofgren has announced that they are wrapping up interviews.

While speaking to CNN on Thursday, Lofgren (D-Calif.) said that committee has interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses over the course of the committee’s work. Lofgren went on to state that the committee would convene on Friday to discuss whether or not they want to seek criminal referrals for lawmakers who disobeyed the panel’s subpoenas and other cases. She assured that the case will have all of its final reports from the panel displayed to the public by December, 2022.

“We are going to release all the information we’ve collected so it cannot be selectively edited and spun,” she said.

Lofgren went on to blame the entirety of January 6th on Former President Donald J. Trump. She also warned that criminal referrals could still be forthcoming.

“Some witnesses were more enlightening than others, but it’s very clear that the former president engaged in a pressure campaign, some public, some private, to get people to overturn the results of the election,” Lofgren stated. “It really — a kind of a coup attempt, and that’s a very serious matter.”

The ending of interviews is somewhat surprising considering the committee also subpoenaed the 45th president to give a testimony. However, Trump defied the subpoena. It is not known whether or not the committee intends to pursue the matter further.

Residents of El Paso, Texas cast their ballot for president of the United States in early voting, October 23, 2000. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Newsmakers)

OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 2:27 PM PT – Thursday, December 1, 2022

Americans are worried about the direction the country is heading in. However, people’s reasons to worry depend on which side of the aisle they’re on.

Most Americans, regardless of party affiliation, are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country. Both Republicans and Democrats feel that Democracy could be at risk.

Recent polling showed that most Republicans believe the biggest dangers to the United States are Joe Biden, the mainstream media, the federal government and voting by mail. The same poll found Democrats pointing to Donald Trump, the Supreme Court and the electoral college as the biggest threats to democracy.

Both sides of the spectrum feel that politics is becoming more polarized. Mark Carlson (R- Wis.) shared his thoughts.

“They’ll say I’m an extremist. What is an extremist? I mean, somebody that wants intact families, wants our rights, given us through God, through the Bill of Rights and the Constitution? If that is extreme nowadays, I guess I am,” he said.

Despite party differences, the majority of Americans agreed that they denounce violence and are willing to work together in order to preserve American values.