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U.S. Capitol riot probe turns focus to Trump allies and extremist groups
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U.S. Capitol riot probe turns focus to Trump allies and extremist groups

A video of former U.S. President Donald Trump is played as Cassidy Hutchinson, who was an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during the Trump administration, testifies during a House Select Committee public hearing that investigates the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, at the Capitol, in Washington, U.S., June 28, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Congressional investigators into the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday will seek to draw connections between then-President Donald Trump's associates and right-wing militants who stormed the seat of government. The House of Representatives committee's seventh hearing in five weeks will focus on the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, two pro-Trump groups that investigators say helped ...
Biden condemns “insurrection” at U.S. Capitol, as Trump urges supporters to “go home”
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Biden condemns “insurrection” at U.S. Capitol, as Trump urges supporters to “go home”

The U.S. President-elect, Joe Biden condemned what he called "insurrection" at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, after some supporters of the Republican incumbent, Donald Trump, broke into the building, forcing electoral vote counting to halt. "This is not protest, it's insurrection," Biden said in Wilmington, Delaware. "This is not dissent. It's disorder. It's chaos. It borders on sedition." The Democrat went on saying that he's calling on Trump to "go on national television now to fulfill his oath and defend the Constitution and demand an end to this siege." Trump has refused to acknowledge defeat in the 2020 presidential race with Biden and has been pushing claims of a "fraudulent" election, which have been dismissed by U.S. courts at different levels due to a profound lack o...