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How security failures enabled Trump mob to storm US Capitol

Black-clad security forces patrol the halls of the Senate in the US Capitol, as a joint session continues to certify President-elect Joe Biden, in Washington, US, January 6, 2021. [Reuters]

The bloody chaos inside the US Capitol on Wednesday came after the police force that protects the legislative complex was overrun by a mob of Trump supporters in what law enforcement officials called a catastrophic failure to prepare.

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