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Tear gas, smashed glass, and shots fired as the U.S. Capitol is attacked by ‘a group of lawless thugs’

What began as a congressional debate over the integrity of the election ended with lawmakers huddled on the floor of the House, tear gas wafting through the soaring rotunda.

A Trump supporter bleeds after an injury sustained while trying to push past police through the doorway of the Capital Building, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.
A Trump supporter bleeds after an injury sustained while trying to push past police through the doorway of the Capital Building, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.Read moreJESSICA GRIFFIN / Staff Photographer