US Capitol rioters ‘came prepared for war’, Senate hears in testimony
by Ed Pilkington in New York and Joan E Greve in Wash from US news | The Guardian on (#5EJ6G)
First congressional hearing on attack comes day after Merrick Garland said he would expand investigation into 6 January assault
Testifying on Tuesday in the first congressional hearing on the US Capitol attack, the chief of Capitol police who resigned over the riot said the pro-Trump mob which stormed the building came prepared for war".
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