On the other side of Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the resignation of Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mike Stenger, a move demanded by Democratic Leader Charles E. Schumer of New York.
Mr. McConnell said the move was effective immediately upon the lawmaker’s request an item on which the two parties in the upper chamber appeared to see eye to eye after the bloody unrest inside the Capitol building Wednesday.
Mr. Schumer had said that if Mr. Stenger weren’t gone once the Democrats take over the Senate on Jan. 21, “I will fire him.”
Law enforcement experts were aghast at what they saw as a stunning lack of preparation by the Capitol Police.
US Attorney launches federal excessive force investigation into death of Trump-supporting Air Force vet who was shot dead as rioters breached the Capitol
Acting US Attorney for the District of Columbia Michael Sherwin s office confirmed a formal probe is underway into the shooting death of Ashli Babbitt
Sherwin has assigned his civil rights division to lead the case
Babbitt, 35, was shot in the chest by a Capitol cop as she tried to climb through a window into the congressional chambers as part of Wednesday s violent mob
Babbitt, who served 14 years in the Air Force, died in hospital several hours later
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Rosanne Marie Boyland of Kennesaw had grown increasingly excited to support the president she loved, and upset over the election she perceived as stolen.
She believed in her heart of hearts President Donald Trump had been wronged. She took to Facebook to express her feelings, echoing the president s conspiracy theories and QAnon misinformation.
“I was considering unfriending her because I had seen her making a lot of right-wing comments and buying into QAnon stuff and spreading conspiracy theories,” said Zedith Drane, who had known Boyland since kindergarten. “I tried talking with her a bit, being like, ‘Hey, you’re going down a rabbit hole. I’m kind of worried about you.’ ”
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