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US riots: Inside a deadly siege - how a string of failures led to a dark day at the Capitol

By Mark Mazzetti, Helene Cooper, Jennifer Steinhauer, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Luke Broadwater
New York Times·
19 mins to read
US riots: Inside a deadly siege - how a string of failures led to a dark day at the Capitol
US riots: Inside a deadly siege - how a string of failures led to a dark day at the Capitol

Poor planning among a constellation of government agencies and a restive crowd encouraged by President Trump set the stage for the unthinkable.

Huddled in a command centre on Wednesday afternoon, Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington and her aides saw a photograph of bloodstains on the temporary grandstands at the Capitol,

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