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Martin Pengelly in New York

Trump tore up records turned over to House Capitol attack committee

Donald Trump at a rally in Conroe, Texas, at the weekend. Trump said on Tuesday Mike Pence should be investigated by the Capitol attack committee.
Donald Trump at a rally in Conroe, Texas, at the weekend. Trump said on Tuesday Mike Pence should be investigated by the Capitol attack committee. Photograph: Brian Cahn/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock

Some of the White House records turned over to the House committee investigating the January 6 attack were ripped up by Donald Trump, the National Archives said.

It also emerged on Tuesday that the former president thinks his own vice-president, Mike Pence, should be investigated by the committee, for failing to reject electoral college results on the fateful day.

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