US Capitol: Pro Trump protest draws just a few hundred
By DW
21 September 2021 |
3:43 pm
Police vastly outnumbered pro-Trump protesters at a rally in support of those charged for breaching the US Capitol in January. Security had been tightened amid concerns of a repeat of the violence.
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