GOP chairman to discuss Charlottesville as domestic terrorism at hearing.

'House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) announced Wednesday that the committee would discuss last weekend's violence in Charlottesville, Va., as domestic terrorism during an upcoming hearing.

McCaul made the announcement in a letter to the committee's ranking member, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), who had previously requested that the committee hold a separate hearing on hate groups and domestic terrorism.

The Republican chairman calls for members of both parties to engage in the hearing and discuss "dangers posed by domestic terrorists and other extremist groups."

The hearing is scheduled for Sept. 12.

McCaul said he had invited the heads of the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the National Counterterrorism Center to the hearing.

Thompson called the announcement, which was a response to his request for a special hearing dedicated to addressing white supremacy groups, "completely inadequate."'>>>

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