There were signs for weeks that violence could strike on Jan. 6, but the Capitol Police had set up no hard perimeter around the Capitol.
Carol Semple
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Trump condemns Capitol riot, finally concedes to Biden amid talk of ouster from office
In a video message a day after his supporters stormed the Capitol, the president says his ‘focus now turns to ensuring a smooth orderly and seamless transition of power.’
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Biden introduces Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general choice
President-elect Joe Biden also describes the pro-Trump mob that stormed the Capitol on Wednesday as ‘domestic terrorists’ and assails the Republican president for inciting the siege.
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Biden to pick Rhode Island governor for Commerce secretary, Boston mayor for Labor
Sources tell the Associated Press of the choices.
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Lawmakers openly discuss ousting Trump, possible impeachment
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a news conference Thursday that if Trump was not removed under the 25th Amendment, Congress might go forward with impeachment efforts that are already underway.
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Protesters swarm statehouses across U.S.; some evacuated
News that a mob had breached the U.S. Capitol set off cheers at pro-Trump protests in Minnesota, Nevada and Arizona, where armed rioters marched at the Capitol in Phoenix and several men displayed a guillotine.
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Biden urges restoration of decency after ‘assault’ on democracy
In a brief speech, the president-elect attempts to project calm and to say that a deeply divided country can still come together.
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AP fact check: Trump repeats false claims on a day of reckoning
At a rally and on Twitter, the president is pressing his case for overturning the election results as Congress begins counting and confirming the Electoral College vote won by Joe Biden.
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Trump tells supporters they’re ‘very special’ and to ‘go home’ after mob storms Capitol
Social media platforms remove the short video in which the president also spreads false claims about widespread election fraud.
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Pence defies Trump, says he can’t reject electoral votes
In the days before Wednesday’s joint session of Congress, Trump has pressured his vice president to toss electors from battleground states that voted for Joe Biden.