US says Capitol rioters meant to 'capture and assassinate' officials

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - Federal prosecutors offered an ominous new assessment of last week's siege of the US Capitol by President Donald Trump's supporters on Thursday (Jan 14), saying in a court filing that rioters intended "to capture and assassinate elected officials". Prosecutors offered that view in a filing asking a judge to detain Jacob Chansley, the Arizona man and QAnon conspiracy theorist who was famously photographed wearing horns as...