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Fri Jan 15, 2021, 03:32 PM Jan 2021

Pelosi: Prosecute any members of Congress who aided Trump supporters' Capitol attack

Source: Reuters

U.S. LEGAL NEWS
JANUARY 15, 2021 1:22 AM UPDATED AN HOUR AGO

Pelosi: Prosecute any members of Congress who aided Trump supporters' Capitol attack

By Susan Cornwell
5 MIN READ

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Any members of the U.S. Congress who helped a crowd of President Donald Trump’s supporters storm the Capitol should face criminal prosecution, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Friday.

The unprecedented Jan. 6 attack on the seat of Congress left five dead and led the House to impeach Trump a second time, for a fiery speech that day in which he urged thousands of his followers to fight Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

The hundreds who stormed the Capitol quickly overwhelmed police guarding the building, calling security preparations into question, and showed a level of detailed knowledge about the location of lawmakers’ officers by some rioters that raised suspicions.

Democratic Representative Mikie Sherrill, a former U.S. Navy helicopter pilot, has accused some Republican lawmakers of helping Trump supporters, saying she saw colleagues leading groups on “reconnaissance” tours on Jan. 5.

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