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Dec
20
2022
By The African Mirror
U.S. Capitol riot probe prepares to ask prosecutors to charge Trump

U.S. Capitol riot probe prepares to ask prosecutors to charge Trump

WORLD
PATRICIA ZENGERLE THE House of Representatives committee probing the January 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump supporters will vote to decide whether to ask federal prosecutors to bring multiple criminal charges against the former president. The Democratic-led panel has spent 18 months probing the unprecedented attempt to prevent the peaceful transfer of power by thousands of Trump backers, inspired by the Republican's false claims that his 2020 election loss to Democratic President Joe Biden was the result of widespread fraud. Criminal referrals to the Justice Department could be on charges including obstruction of an official proceeding…
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Oct
24
2022
By The African Mirror
Trump summoned to testify to Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot panel

Trump summoned to testify to Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot panel

WORLD
PATRICIA ZENGERLE FORMER President Donald Trump was ordered to testify under oath and provide documents to the House of Representatives committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters. The committee said it had sent a subpoena to Trump requiring documents to be submitted to the panel by November 4 and for him to appear for deposition testimony beginning on or about November 14. Deposition testimony often refers to closed-door, videotaped questioning of a witness on the record. Such testimony could be made public and become part of a final report by the special panel.…
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May
30
2021
By The African Mirror
In victory for Trump, Republicans block probe of U.S. Capitol riot

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

WORLD
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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