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Politicians clash over US Capitol riot probe

WASHINGTON, D. C.: Congress was divided over creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate January's deadly US Capitol storming with Republican opposition coalescing ahead of a House vote on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) on the truth-seeking panel. One day after the top House Republican came out against the commission, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell also expressed opposition, raising new hurdles to getting the fact-finding probe off the ground more than four months after the riot. In January, McConnell blamed then-president Donald Trump for inciting violence at the Capitol, which was overrun by Trump supporters seeking to block certification of the election won by Joe Biden.