Actor and activist Sean Penn attends House Jan. 6 committee hearing

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Actor Sean Penn was in attendance Thursday at a hearing before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The focus of Thursday’s hearing was the pressure campaign then-President Donald Trump conducted in an effort to sway officials at the Department of Justice to attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election in his favor rather than then-candidate Joe Biden’s.

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