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U.S. panel hears of ‘medieval’ Capitol violence by pro-Trump rioters

U.S. panel hears of ‘medieval’ Capitol violence by pro-Trump rioters

A congressional committee has held its first hearing investigating the January 6 U.S. Capitol attack, with testimony by four police officers who struggled against a mob of then-President Donald Trump's supporters engaging in "medieval" violence and warnings from lawmakers against whitewashing the riot. At the Democratic-led House of Representatives investigatory committee's first hearing, the officer, Aquilino Gonell, described being pummeled by rioters fired up by Trump's false claims that the election was stolen from him through widespread voting fraud. "What we were subjected to that day was like something from a medieval battlefield. We fought hand-to-hand and inch-by-inch to prevent…
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