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1. TODAY ON THE HILL: The Capitol riot continues to be a litmus test for lawmakers whose workplace was the target of an insurrection. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy continues to distance himself from his initial response of outrage, the latest example coming Tuesday when he privately urged Republicans to reject a bipartisan 9/11-style commission after deputizing a GOP leadership member to push for a deal on exactly that.
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Pasquotank County’s District Attorney Andrew Womble announced at a press conference Tuesday that he will not charge the three sheriff’s deputies involved in killing Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City on April 21. Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten announced later that the three deputies, though keeping their positions, will be disciplined and retrained.
Womble said he came to his conclusion after reviewing evidence turned over by the State Bureau of Investigation. An SBI press release indicates that the agency provided crime scene analysis and interviews of witnesses to the prosecutor, who has the authority to press charges.
Deputies in the Pasquotank County sheriff’s office arrived at Brown’s residence to serve two felony arrest warrants and a search warrant on the morning of April 21. Womble said deputies blocked Brown’s parked car next to his house to prevent Brown, seated in his vehicle, from driving forward.
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