Trump already facing consequences over US Capitol riot, even if he gets no legal reckoning

FILE — President Donald Trump exits the presidential S.U.V. with Secret Service agent Bobby Engel, right, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. on Sept. 10, 2020. A former White House aide recalled hearing about Trump lunging at Engel in the vehicle on Jan. 6, 2021, but others have given less detailed accounts. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)

Then US President Donald Trump arriving at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on Sept 10, 2020.

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WASHINGTON - The final report of the House committee investigating the Jan 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol has recommended that Congress should consider

barring former president Donald Trump from holding office again,

among other proposals to protect America’s democracy from future attacks.

The full report, released late on Thursday night and 814 pages long, is a detailed account of efforts to overturn the 2020 election result. But it has no legal weight.

Trump already facing consequences over US Capitol riot, even if he gets no legal reckoning

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