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New chief selected for Capitol Police after 1/6 insurrection

by Colleen LongMichael Balsamo
| July 23, 2021 12:09 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A police official who has run large departments in Maryland and Virginia has been selected as chief of the U.S. Capitol Police in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection, in which pro-Trump rioters stormed the building in a violent rage, disrupting the certification of Joe Biden's presidential win.

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