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In victory for Trump, Republicans block probe of U.S. Capitol riot

In victory for Trump, Republicans block probe of U.S. Capitol riot

SUSAN CORNWELL REPUBLICANS in the U.S. Senate have derailed a bipartisan inquiry into the deadly assault on the Capitol by former President Donald Trump's supporters, despite a torrent of criticism the lawmakers were playing down the violence. Democrats and some moderate Republicans had called for a commission to probe the events up to and including Jan. 6, when hundreds of supporters of Trump, a Republican, stormed the Capitol, fighting with police, urging violence against lawmakers and delaying the formal certification of President Joe Biden's election victory. The violence left five people dead including a Capitol Police officer. The measure mustered…
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