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Ex-militia spokesperson testifies to House committee, saying: This could have been the spark that started a new civil war.' Plus, the dark side of Victoria's Secret

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The House committee investigating the January 6 attack has accused Donald Trump of inciting the American carnage" he once warned against when he summoned a mob to Washington in a last-gasp attempt to stay in power.

What did the committee present on Tuesday? The evidence showed that Trump, increasingly desperate after the states confirmed Joe Biden's victory in December, sought to seize a second term and began fixating on 6 January, when Congress would meet to certify the election results.

What did Van Tatenhove say? In powerful testimony, he said Americans needed to recognise that Trump attempted to mount an armed revolution" in order to stay in power, adding that people died that day and a gallows was set up. This could have been the spark that started a new civil war," he said.

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