A former investigator for the Jan 6 committee landed a high-profile job, making him the latest staffer of the disbanded panel to enter or reenter a lucrative practice. John Wood, former senior investigative counsel, is now a partner at Holland & Knight.
John Wood, who was the committee's senior investigative counsel, is now a partner at the public policy and regulation group for Holland & Knight, a multinational law firm, which posted over $1.5 billion in revenue in 2022. Wood's hire adds to a growing list of ex-staffers from the panel, which Republicans criticized as overly partisan and dissolved in January upon earning a House majority, heading to prestigious law groups that hold sway in the nation's capital.
Thompson's panel was formed in July 2021 and later published a report in December 2022 detailing its findings on Capitol security and former President Donald Trump's alleged role in stoking the riot. The committee made criminal referrals for Trump and his advisers, including John Eastman, a then-lawyer for the president.
The ex-panel staffer also unsuccessfully ran for senate in Missouri last year as an independent and was general counsel between June 2018 and September 2021 at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, according to his LinkedIn profile.
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