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McConnell says Trump ‘provoked’ Capitol attack with ‘lies’ as Senate preps for impeachment trial Chris Sommerfeldt
President Trump “provoked” the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol by feeding his supporters a steady stream of “lies” about the election he lost, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday, throwing Trump all the way under the bus as lawmakers prepare for his impeachment trial.
McConnell, once Trump’s most powerful ally on Capitol Hill, lobbed the harsh rebuke as he reconvened the Senate for the first time since Congress certified Joe Biden’s election in the chaotic aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack.