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Trump provoked deadly Capitol riot, Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell says



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US President Donald Trump’s supporters gather outside the Capitol building, January 6, 2021.Probal Rashid | LightRocket | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump and others provoked the swarms of his supporters that stormed the U.S. Capitol, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday.”The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people,” McConnell said on the Senate floor, which two weeks earlier had been evacuated after the crowd of rioters invaded the building.The remarks from McConnell, R-Ky., came as he and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., worked to hash out details on Trump’s impending impeachment …

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