USA TODAY
Officials in Washington, D.C., on Thursday will mark one year since the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Donald Trump supporters, an unprecedented attack that eventually left five people dead and democracy shaken. President Joe Biden will begin the commemorations with a speech at the Capitol. Later, members of Congress – most of them Democrats – will conduct prayer vigils, hold a discussion with historians, and give speeches recalling the violent and unsuccessful attempt to void the counting of electoral votes that elected Biden as president. Many Republicans – some of whom still support Trump's false claims about alleged voter fraud, the fire that lit the insurrection – say Democrats are using the anniversary to tar all of them as violent extremists.
The three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery nearly two years ago are expected be sentenced Thursday. Travis McMichael, the man who pulled the trigger, was convicted of one count of malice murder, four counts of felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault, one count of false imprisonment and one count of criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment. His father, Gregory McMichael, was found guilty on charges including felony murder. Their neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan was convicted on six of the nine counts, including three counts of felony murder by the jury...
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