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Fourth person with ties to oath keepers pleads guilty for role in Capitol
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 21 (ANI): A fourth individual with ties to the Oath Keepers group pleaded guilty to trying to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election on January 6, the US Justice Department said.
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US House approves select panel to probe Jan 6 Capitol Hill unrest
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 1 (ANI): The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution to create a select committee that will investigate the January 6 violence at the Capitol Hill building.
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US senator McConnell meets Afghan leaders, hopes Biden will delay troop wi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday met with Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani along with other leaders at the Capitol and said that he hopes President Biden will delay the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan.
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Nancy Pelosi to form select committee to investigate January 6 Capitol att
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday announced that she will create a select committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol before President Joe Biden's inauguration, after the Republicans recently blocked the formation of an independent com
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Mike Pence acknowledges he and Trump may 'never see eye to eye' on January
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): Referring to the January 6 Capitol riots, former US vice president Mike Pence on Thursday acknowledged that he and former President Donald Trump may never agree on what transpired in the incident which left many people dead during the certification of President
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Over 70 police officers have quit since storming of US Capitol in January
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 23 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 70 Capitol police officers have quit after the events of January 6, when a crowd of supporters of former US President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., in an attempt to interrupt the vote count, the Politico reported
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Schumer vows to put January 6 commission legislation for US Senate vote
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US] May 19, (ANI): US Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer said the Senate will vote on legislation to establish a commission to probe the January 6 attack on the Capitol, despite signs that Republicans will broadly oppose the proposal.
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Won't support bipartisan deal for 9/11-style commission to probe January 6
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US] May 19 (ANI): The US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday said he will not support bipartisan legislation for the 9/11-style commission to probe the January 6 Capitol riot as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has "refused to negotiate in good faith" on the parameters of t
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Biden calls Jan 6 Capitol riot 'an existential crisis' for democracy
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 29 (ANI): US President Joe Biden called the January 6 attack on the Capitol an "existential crisis," stressing that while American democracy survived, "the struggle is far from over."
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Trump supporters could incite future violence by 2020 election lies: Justi
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 25 (ANI): Former US President Donald Trump's continued promotion of the "big lie" about the 2020 election could still incite his followers to violence, the Department of Justice and judges noted this week, as courts weigh the future dangerousness of Capitol riot defend
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US Capitol Police seeks funds for 212 additional officers following Jan 6
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The Capitol Police force wants to hire and train additional 212 officers to boost security in the aftermath of a January takeover of the Capitol building by violent protesters, acting Chief Yogananda Pittman told Congress on Wednesday.
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US Capitol Police says officer assaulted in Jan 6 riot died of natural cau
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Capitol Police (USCP) said police officer Brian Sicknick, who was assaulted during the January 6 riot, died of natural causes and not due to injuries sustained during the violent protest.
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