David Pratt: US Capitol riot comes under the microscope at Congress

People gather to watch the hearing of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images).

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THEY have only just started, but already signs suggest they are reopening political wounds. I’m talking about the series of landmark public hearings that began last Thursday overseen by the US congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.