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1.02am BST

We're wrapping up our live US politics coverage for the night, with key political developments still unfolding, including an expected vote on the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate Trump supporters' invasion of the Capitol on 6 January.

An updated summary of today's key news:

12.19am BST

Federal prosecutors in New York are investigating whether Ukrainian officials attempted to interfere in the 2020 presidential election to undermine Biden and help Trump, including by using Rudolph Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, to spread misinformation, the New York Times reported, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter".

NYT SCOOP: Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Ukrainian officials helped orchestrate a wide-ranging plan to meddle in the 2020 campaign, including using Giuliani to spread misleading claims about Biden and tilt the election in Trump's favor.https://t.co/7QHFvugPcb

SCOOP: RUDY GIULIANI signed an agreement with ANDRII ARTEMENKO in Nov. 2019 to locate witnesses to defend TRUMP.

One of those witnesses, accused "active Russian agent" ANDRIY DERKACH, later hired Artemenko's company to lobby in DC. https://t.co/Rw2ATZ7VOp https://t.co/IWgEa1HXnY