Jan. 6 committee investigator joins Jenner & Block in Washington

(Reuters) – A former investigator for the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump’s supporters is becoming a member of regulation agency Jenner & Block.

Marcus Childress, who was one of many first attorneys to hitch the committee in September 2021, might be a particular counsel in Jenner’s Washington, D.C., workplace.

Childress might be a part of a number of practices, together with the Chicago-founded agency’s congressional investigations and authorities controversies teams.

He performed greater than 60 depositions and witness interviews within the probe, together with of members of the far-right Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. He advised Reuters that his work on the panel targeted on the occasions that occurred on Jan. 6 itself, from the rally Trump held earlier within the day to the assault on the Capitol constructing.

Childress additionally introduced proof by way of video on the committee’s televised hearings, an expertise he described as “humbling.”

“We merely adopted the info, even in a political world, and that is one thing that I’ll all the time be pleased with,” he stated.

The committee’s work is now in its last levels, because it prepares to launch a last report. Childress declined to say whether or not he has participated in writing that report.

Childress, a former assistant workers choose advocate within the U.S. Air Pressure and a federal prosecutor in Georgia, stated that he’s most involved in engaged on investigations at Jenner. He famous that the agency handles a variety of probes associated to Capitol Hill, state attorneys common workplaces and past.

Emily Loeb, the co-chair of Jenner’s congressional investigations apply, stated Childress’ expertise on the Jan. 6 committee, the U.S. lawyer’s workplace in Georgia and regulation agency Miller & Chevalier all helped immediate the rent.

She didn’t instantly say whether or not the agency is wanting so as to add different attorneys who labored on the panel, however stated it is going to be “opportunistic” about its hiring.

Childress is certainly one of a number of choose committee workers to not too long ago be a part of non-public regulation corporations. One other former investigator, Sean Quinn, has joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati’s D.C. workplace. Kevin Elliker, one other investigator, returned to apply at Hunton Andrews Kurth.

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