Cleanup Begins at US Capitol

Cleanup has begun at the U.S. Capitol building in the wake of the violent breach Wednesday.
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READ MORE: Washington, officials have joined U.S. lawmakers in calling for an investigation of the police force that protects the Capitol, while offering praise for their actions, after Wednesday’s storming of the seat of the country’s legislative branch by a mob of pro-Trump supporters.

Video shared on social media and by news organizations shows Capitol Police officers overwhelmed by the vastly larger crowds pushing past waist-high barricades and evading officers who failed to halt their progress. Other participants scaled walls and smashed windows to get inside.

Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut took to Twitter to call for a full investigation of how security was breached so quickly. Murphy is the ranking Democrat on the Senate subcommittee that oversees the Capitol Police and is likely to chair the panel in the new Congress.

Washington Police say 68 people had been arrested in relation to the storming of the Capitol.
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LINK: https://www.voanews.com/2020-usa-votes/officials-seek-answers-why-security-failed-us-capitol-wednesday