Trump a ‘clear and present danger to US democracy’ | First Thing:

Select committee chairman warns that the system nearly failed' but for Pence's defiance. Plus, top Republican negotiator walks out of Senate gun talks

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The US government system nearly failed" on January 6, the House select committee's chairman has warned while a conservative judge underlined that Donald Trump and his allies remain a a clear and present danger to American democracy".

How widespread is Trump's lie among Republicans? More than 100 Republicans who have won primaries for midterm elections this year back Trump's lie about electoral fraud in 2020, according to the Washington Post.

A shooting at a church in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama killed two people and wounded two others on Thursday, police have said. The suspect was taken into custody.