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'It really felt like history.': Photographer reflects on covering Jan. 6 riot, as hearings begin

NPR
Published June 9, 2022 at 1:06 PM EDT
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with former President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with former President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Washington Post photographer Michael Robinson Chavez about documenting the riot at the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021.

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