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U.S. refusal to defend lawmaker in Capitol riot a signal to Trump -specialists

WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department’s refusal to defend a Republican congressman accused in a civil lawsuit of helping to incite the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol could hamper previous President Donald Trump’s lawful defense in the identical circumstance, gurus reported. The office late Tuesday told a federal decide it experienced