Wis. congressman unsure Trump to blame for riot

Wisconsin’s newest member of Congress says he doesn't know if President Donald Trump was to blame for inciting the riot at the U.S. Capitol and wants a full investigation to find out what motivated the mob. (Jan. 14)

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SCOTT FITZGERALD: There has to be more to this entire episode. And it needs to be investigated top to bottom to see who was involved and-- and exactly what motivated them to get to where we were, which was a very, very frightening day.

It's just hard for me to believe right now that that entire crowd was somehow fired up just by the speeches of the day to take that action. I'm not going to say there wasn't an element of them, and they might be supporters of the president. They might not be. But I think that's why you got to do a full investigation.

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