John Wood, general counsel of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and senior vice president of the Chamber’s Litigation Center, speaking during the U.S. Chamber Litigation Center’s 15th annual Supreme Court end-of-term media briefing, held at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 2019. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
The House Select Committee examining the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Friday named a former U.S. attorney and prominent Republican lawyer as senior investigative counsel and of-counsel to the committee’s vice chairwoman, Rep. Liz Cheney, as it continues to build out its legal team.
John Wood, a former partner at Hughes Hubbard & Reed who most recently served as general counsel to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, will advise the committee as it conducts a wide-ranging investigation into the siege of the Capitol and the security failures and political planning that preceded it.
