Congress is set to hear for the first time from former US Capitol security officials about the security failures on 6 January, the day a violent mob laid siege to the building and interrupted the presidential electoral count.

Much remains unknown about what happened before and during the attack, and lawmakers are expected to aggressively question the former officials about what went wrong.

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