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‘Never an indication of interest in the real facts’: Barr lashes out at Trump during hearing on Capitol riots
Aides to Donald Trump told a US Congressional hearing investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riots that the former president’s claims of voter fraud in the 2020 US presidential election were unfounded. Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr told the hearing that Trump had “detached himself from reality.” Barr told lawmakers that “he was demoralized.” Also […] More
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Donald Trump orchestrated Captiol riot, inquiry committee says in open hearing
A congressional commission investigating the January Captiol riot has accused former US President Donald Trump of ‘arranging’ the siege in an ‘attempted coup’ to stay in power. The committee argued that Trump laid the groundwork for the insurgency through months of lies about fraud in the 2020 presidential election described by his own administration as […] More
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Attack on US Capitol was an ‘attempted coup’, commission of inquiry says
The head of the US congressional committee investigating the deadly Capitol riots said the attack was “the culmination of an attempted coup”. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the committee, was speaking at a public hearing that was widely broadcast live across America in prime time on June 9. The attack on the US Capitol on January […] More
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Proud Boys charged with sedition in US Capitol attack
A leader of the Proud Boys and four other members of the far-right group were charged on Monday with sedition in connection with the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol. Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, 38, is already facing other charges related to the failed attempt by supporters of former President Donald Trump to block Democrat […] More