WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a former civil rights attorney, released the following statement on the fifth anniversary of the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol instigated by President Donald Trump:
"Five years ago today, Donald Trump incited thousands of his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol and try to block the peaceful transfer of power. The resulting violent insurrection led to the tragic deaths of five law enforcement officers from Virginia. My heart is with their loved ones on this sad anniversary. Trump has spent the intervening time trying to rewrite history, and the very day he was sworn in for a second term in office last year, he pardo...