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Nearly 400 Capitol Hill staffers wrote a letter to US senators begging them to convict Trump
in his impeachment trialMore than 370 Capitol Hill staffers signed a letter Wednesday asking US senators to convict former President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial.
"On January 6, 2021, our workplace was attacked by a violent mob trying to stop the electoral college vote count," the letter, which was signed by predominantly Democratic staffers, said. "That mob was incited by former president Donald J. Trump and his political allies, some of whom we pass every day in the hallways at work."
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"As the mob smashed through Capitol Police barricades, broke doors and windows, and charged into the Capitol with body armor and weapons, many of us hid behind chairs and under desks or barricaded ourselves in offices. Others watched on TV and frantically tried to reach bosses and colleagues as they fled for their lives," the letter said.
The staffers faulted Trump for violating the US's "legacy" of the peaceful transfer of power by egging his supporters to march on the Capitol and block Congress from formalizing Biden's victory. The resulting insurrection led to six deaths.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nearly-400-capitol-hill-staffers-152628127.html
