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Hedge fund founder Paul Marshall calls pro-Trump rioter’s death ‘murder’, then deletes tweet

Marshall's tweet, which was subsequently deleted, said: 'Totally shocking footage. By my reckoning this was cold-blooded murder'

Hedge fund founder Paul Marshall calls pro-Trump rioter’s death ‘murder’, then deletes tweet

The co-founder and chairman of hedge fund giant Marshall Wace, Sir Paul Marshall, tweeted that the pro-Trump woman killed by authorities in Washington amounted to "cold-blooded murder" hours after a mob of thousands stormed the US Capitol.

The 6 January storming of the building, which saw four people lose their lives, brought a temporary halt to the formal confirmation of the president's election defeat.

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