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The supporters of Donald Trump who attacked the US Capitol were "provoked" by the president and "fed lies," says Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. "The mob was fed lies," says the senator from Kentucky in a speech on the Senate floor. SOUNDBITE
Senate Republican Mitch McConnell delivers a scathing criticism of Donald Trump despite voting to acquit the former president on an impeachment charge, saying he was "responsible" for the January 6 assault on the US Capitol. SOUNDBITE
The recent storming of the US Capitol seems to be hitting President Donald Trump not only politically, but financially as well. CNN reports a growing number of businesses suddenly want very little to do with Trump after he incited a mob of his supporters to attack the Capitol. Twitter and Facebook banned Trump indefinitely, and Stripe is no longer processing credit card payments for his campaign. Shopify stopped operating online stores for the Trump Organization and the campaign and the PGA is pulling a major golf tournament from a Trump resort. It's also unclear which, if any, banks will want to loan money to the Trump Organization.
The violent siege of the Capitol by President Donald Trump’s supporters forced painful new questions across government Thursday about his fitness to remain in office for two more weeks and the ability of the police to secure the complex. The rampage that shocked the world and left the country on edge forced the resignations of three top Capitol security officials over the failure to stop the breach.
A US flag is lowered at the US Capitol in honor of a police officer who died of injuries sustained during clashes with a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters who overran a session of Congress. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff as a tribute to Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick. IMAGES
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