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Former US president Donald Trump tried to take the steering wheel from his Secret Service limousine driver in an attempt to join the crowd marching on the US Capitol last year, a top aide in his administration testifies. SOUNDBITE
"This wasn't a group of tourists. This was an armed insurrection," US President Joe Biden says in a speech marking the first anniversary of the attack on the US Congress. SOUNDBITE
Police stand guard outside the US Capitol on the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021 storming of the Congress by supporters of then-president Donald Trump. IMAGES
Representative Liz Cheney, the senior Republican on the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack and an outspoken critic of Trump, warns fellow Republicans against attempts to "whitewash" the reality of the attack. "No member of Congress should now attempt to defend the indefensible, obstruct this investigation, or whitewash what happened that day," Cheney says on the first day of the hearing in Washington, DC. SOUNDBITE
Washington DC, July 9 (EFE/EPA).- Authorities Friday began removing the last section of the metal fence around the US Capitol building, six months after a riot that left five dead and put the country's democracy to the test.Amid anticipations and in front of several cameras, a member of the Capitol Police took down a white sign that read "Closed Area" written in red letters from one of the fences and added in black lettering that it was a decision of the Capitol Police board.Despite the gesture, the fence remained in place for hours while people waited for it to be dismantled. (Camera: WILL OLIVER). SHOT LIST: WORKERS REMOVE METAL FENCE AROUND THE CAPITOL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON DC, US.
President Donald Trump's final batch of pardons is expected to contain few controversial or outlandish criminals. According to CNN, Trump spent Saturday night huddled in a lengthy meeting with his legal advisers. In it, he was warned that pardoning himself and his family members would put him in legal peril and convey the appearance of guilt. Also, pardoning GOP lawmakers involved in the Capitol insurrection would anger the very Senate Republicans impeaching him. Several of Trump's closest advisers have also urged him not to grant clemency to anyone who breached the US Capitol. White House counsel Pat Cipollone and another attorney who represented Trump in his first impeachment trial, Eric Herschmann, offered the grave warnings. Trump, his daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner listened quietly. Trump may, of course, change his mind.
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