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Kennedy relatives join the fight against Trump's arch, alleging harm to JFK's grave

Nine members of the Kennedy family have joined the legal fight against Trump's D.C. arch, arguing it would disrupt views and cast shadows over their ancestors' graves at Arlington National Cemetery.

Kennedy relatives join the fight against Trump's arch, alleging harm to JFK's grave

Former U.S. President Joe Biden has stated that former President Donald Trump should not escape any consequences for the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot, asserting that it "should follow him to his grave." In excerpts from his upcoming memoir, published by The Atlantic, Biden also criticized Trump for pardoning individuals convicted of participating in the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

"The criminals who attacked law-enforcement officers that day didn't deserve pardons. They deserved prison terms," Biden wrote. The former president accused Trump and his administration of undermining democratic institutions and causing division in the country. Biden also condemned Trump's response to the violence, accusing him of turning a blind eye to assaults on law enforcement officers during the riot.

"You don't get to turn a blind eye to cops being punched, speared, sprayed, and brutalized and call yourself a friend of law enforcement," he wrote. "What Trump did on January 6, 2021, should never be forgotten. It should follow him to his grave," Biden added. The Capitol breach took place after Trump addressed supporters at a rally in Washington, D.C., as Congress prepared to certify Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 presidential election.

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