Jan 6 a ‘violent attempt’ by ‘terrorists’ to hold ‘power’: Biden
Al Jazeera
Biden spoke at a bill signing ceremony awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to police for valour during the Capitol riot.
President Joe Biden said the attack on the US Capitol on January 6 by supporters of former President Donald Trump was an insurrection by “terrorists” aimed at overturning “the will of the American people”. President Biden’s words, some of his strongest yet about the Capitol riot that are now under congressional investigation, came as he signed a bill at the White House awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to officers of the Capitol Police and Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police for valour. “My fellow Americans, let’s remember what this was all about,” Biden said of the siege.
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