Demonstrators attempt to enter the U.S. Capitol building during a protest in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. The U.S. Capitol was placed under lockdown and Vice President Mike Pence left the floor of Congress as hundreds of Demonstrators swarmed past barricades surrounding the building where lawmakers were debating Joe Biden's victory in the Electoral College. Photo: Eric Lee/Bloomberg Texas In-House Attorney Fired After Posting Instagram Story at Capitol Building
It is not clear how long Paul Davis, who questioned election results in his Instagram story, served as associate general counsel at Goosehead Insurance.
January 07, 2021 at 01:50 PM
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An in-house attorney at Westlake, Texas-based Goosehead Insurance was fired from the company Thursday, after he posted a video on Instagram while standing outside the U.S. Capitol building in a crowd of demonstrators, on the same afternoon that a mob of Trump supporters attacked the building.
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