Breaking down the Jan. 6 commission fight

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A battle over the creation of a commission to study the events of Jan. 6 comes down, on its face, to sticking points over the structure of the body.

But it also reflects a broader fight between the parties over how the country should reckon with the violence that pro-Trump supporters inflicted on the U.S. Capitol as they raged about false claims that the election was stolen from the former president.

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