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Five people at the riot died of varying causes and at least four police officers who responded to the Capitol riots died by suicide in the months after the incident.
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Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
Kurzel, the director, recalls watching news coverage of the January 6 insurrection and remarking on the gallows erected outside the Capitol building—a drawing of which features in the book and the exposition scene with law.
—Ali Winston, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
The community was linked to planning aspects of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
—Catherine Baab-Muguira, Quartz, 5 Dec. 2024
In the months after the 2020 election, Trump and his allies were trying to overturn his loss, a failed effort that culminated in the violent riot by his supporters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
Kurzel, the director, recalls watching news coverage of the January 6 insurrection and remarking on the gallows erected outside the Capitol building—a drawing of which features in the book and the exposition scene with law.
—Ali Winston, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
The community was linked to planning aspects of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
—Catherine Baab-Muguira, Quartz, 5 Dec. 2024
In the months after the 2020 election, Trump and his allies were trying to overturn his loss, a failed effort that culminated in the violent riot by his supporters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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“The Capitol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Capitol. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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