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Police use tear gas around Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters riot and breached the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images Florida is tied with Texas for having the most people facing charges linked to the Capitol riot. The Sunshine State also has the highest number of arrests of people linked to far-right groups. Some Florida leaders are calling for an independent commission into the state's links to the riot. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Florida is tied with Texas for having the most individuals facing charges linked to the Capitol riot, according to a database compiled by USA Today.Since supporters of then-President Donald Trump swarmed the Capitol building on January 6 - an attack that resulted in the deaths of five people - federal investigators have been ramping up their arrests.According to a USA Today database, 47 out of the 484 rioters facing charges related to the riot are from Florida and 47 are from Texas.

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