Police evacuated lawmakers and struggled for more than three hours to clear the Capitol of Trump supporters, who surged through the halls and rummaged through offices in shocking scenes of chaos and mayhem. Pro-Trump protesters clash with Capitol police at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results. "This is how election results are disputed in a banana republic — not our democratic republic. Republicans and Democrats, who had been bitterly divided over that effort, both called on the Trump supporters to stand down. Trump called on Pence to overturn the election results as he presided over the debate in Congress.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 06, 2021 19:18 UTC