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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eric Garcia

Republican senator who voted for Trump’s impeachment says he ‘played a key role in instigating the riot’

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One of the few Republican senators who voted to convict former president Donald Trump during his second impeachment trial for his role in the January 6 riot, said that the latest indictment showed the former president played an “active role” in instigating the chaos.

A federal grand jury in Washington DC elected to indict the former president on four counts of violating three sections of the federal criminal code for his attempted scheme to stay in the White House despite losing the 2020 presidential election.

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