Nancy Pelosi primes Capitol attack panel to take hard line on Trump
by Hugo Lowell in Washington from on (#5MK8Y)
The Republican leadership's decision to boycott the inquiry leaves the ex-president without defenders on the committee
The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, is readying the committee that will on Tuesday begin its investigation into the attack on the Capitol to press ahead with an aggressive inquiry into Donald Trump, as she seeks to exploit a Republican refusal to participate that could leave the former president unguarded.
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