Capitol attack panel seeks cooperation from Fox News host Sean Hannity

Committee requests answers from Hannity about communications with Donald Trump before, on and after day of 6 January attack

The US House of Representatives panel investigating the deadly attack on the US Capitol last January is seeking cooperation from Sean Hannity, the Fox News host and one of Donald Trump's closest allies in the media, as the committee continues to widen its scope.

Congressman Bennie Thompson, the chair of the committee, and vice-chair Liz Cheney have requested that Hannity answer questions in relation to communications between Hannity and the former president, as well as the former president's chief of staff Mark Meadows, and others in the days leading up to the attack, the day itself and in the aftermath.