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The Guardian - US
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Hugo Lowell in Washington

Panel to connect Proud Boys and Oath Keepers in Capitol attack conspiracy

Trump supporters storm the Capitol during the January 6 attack last year.
Trump supporters storm the Capitol during the January 6 attack last year. Photograph: Stephanie Keith/Reuters

The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack is expected at its first hearing on Thursday evening to connect the far-right Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers militia groups in the same seditious conspiracy, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

The move by the panel and chief investigative counsel Tim Heaphy could be one of the major revelations that comes from the hearing, which is expected to focus on the militia groups and how they made plans to storm the Capitol, the sources said.

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