The explanations by some of the president’s supporters of why they attacked the Capitol will likely be featured in his upcoming Senate impeachment trial for allegedly inciting violence.
MAGA rioter Peter Francis Stager, of Arkansas, was arrested Thursday, accused of beating a police officer with an American flag pole during the January 6 Capitol siege.
More Capitol riot arrests include man accused of throwing fire extinguisher at police, another carrying Confederate flag Author: Spencer S. Hsu, Rachel Weiner, Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post Updated: January 14 Published January 14
FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber inside the Capitol in Washington. Both within and outside the walls of the Capitol, banners and symbols of white supremacy and anti-government extremism were displayed as an insurrectionist mob swarmed the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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