• A member of the National Guard stands outside the Library of Congress in Washington on April 17, 2021. (Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images)
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  • In this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, a U.S. Capitol Police officer holds a program during a ceremony memorializing U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, as an urn with his cremated remains lies in honor on a black-draped table at the center of the Capitol Rotunda in Washington. The D.C. medical examiner’s office says Sicknick, who was injured during the Jan. 6 insurrection, suffered a stroke and ruled the officer died from natural causes. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)
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