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Hearing on Jan. 6 violence exposes stark partisan divisions

by Michael BalsamoEric Tucker
| May 13, 2021 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans sought to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 insurrection during a rancorous congressional hearing Wednesday, painting the Trump supporters who attacked the building as mostly peaceful patriots and downplaying repeatedly the violence of the day.

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