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SheltieLover

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Tue Feb 9, 2021, 12:55 PM Feb 2021

NPR: The Capitol Siege: The Arrested And Their Stories [View all]

https://www.npr.org/2021/02/09/965472049/the-capitol-siege-the-arrested-and-their-stories

Nearly every day since insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, the list of those charged in the attack has grown longer. The government has now identified more than 200 suspects in the Jan. 6 rioting, which ended with five people dead, including a U.S. Capitol Police officer.

As Congress considers a presidential impeachment in response to the attack, those criminal cases provide clues to key questions surrounding the Capitol breach: Who exactly joined the mob? What did they do? And why?

To try to answer those questions, NPR is examining the criminal cases related to the Capitol riot, drawing on court documents, public records, news accounts and social media.

Much more at link.
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