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Lauren Gambino in Washington

Capitol attack panel examines Trump’s ‘summoning a mob’ on January 6

A crowd of people stand in front of the US Capitol building, many of them wearing military tactical gear. Those in front are also wearing orange knit caps.
Members of Proud Boys in front of the US Capitol protesting against the certification of Joe Biden. Photograph: Jim Urquhart/Reuters

The House committee investigating the January 6 attack accused Donald Trump of inciting the “American carnage” he once warned against when he summoned a mob to Washington in a last-gasp attempt to stay in power.

The session, the seventh in a series of public hearings to present the findings of the committee’s yearlong investigation, concluded with a shocking disclosure from the Republican committee vice-chair, Liz Cheney.

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