Who's who on the Jan. 6 committee? A guide to the House members at the hearings

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the nation's Capitol will begin a series of six televised hearings on Thursday.

Much of the nine-member committee's work has been conducted behind closed doors, with lawmakers participating in the more than 1,000 depositions collected by staff and poring through thousands of pages of documents as they try to reconstruct what contributed to the riot that temporarily delayed certification of the 2020 presidential election results.

Each member is expected to lead a portion of a hearing, some of which will be held in prime time. Here are the members you'll see a lot of over the next three weeks.

Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.

Thompson, the chairman of the committee, is known on Capitol Hill for his bipartisan relationships and patient but dogged demeanor. He has managed to keep the committee publicly united on the investigation and largely avoided