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epa09664272 (01/24) (FILE) - Ballots sit stacked on a table during the second day of the recount of ballots from the 03 November US presidential election at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, 21 November 2020 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection".
epa09664273 (02/24) (FILE) - US President-elect Joe Biden (C) on stage during a celebratory event held outside of the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, USA, 07 November 2020 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664274 (03/24) (FILE) - US President Donald J. Trump speaks to the media about 'delivering lower prescription drug prices for all Americans' in the White House Press Briefing Room in Washington, DC, USA, 20 November 2020 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO / POOL ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664276 (05/24) (FILE) - Members of the far-right group the Proud Boys gather in E street northwest before marching into Freedom Plaza, in Washington, DC, USA, 12 December 2020 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/GAMAL DIAB ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664275 (04/24) (FILE) - Supporters of US President Donald J. Trump rally at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, USA, 14 November 2020 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/SHAWN THEW ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664277 (06/24) (FILE) - The US Capitol is seen as supporters of US President Trump gather for a rally in Freedom Plaza to protest Congress's upcoming certification of Joe Biden as the next president in Washington, DC, USA, 05 January 2021 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/SHAWN THEW ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664278 (07/24) (FILE) - US President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks to supporters gathered to protest Congress' upcoming certification of Joe Biden as the next president on the Ellipse in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2021 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/SHAWN THEW ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664280 (09/24) (FILE) - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi convenes a joint session of Congress to certify Joe Biden as the next US president in the US capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2020 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664279 (09/24) (FILE) - Pro-Trump protesters march down Pennsylvania Avenue to the US Capitol (seen behind) in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2021 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664281 (10/24) (FILE) - US Vice President Mike Pence (C) handling a document during a joint session of Congress to certify Joe Biden as the next US president in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2021 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO ATTENTION: This Image is part o
epa09664282 (11/24) (FILE) - Supporters of US President Trump march down Pennsylvania Avenue as they breach Capitol security and climb the inauguration stand to protest Congress certifying Joe Biden as the next president in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2021 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664283 (12/24) (FILE) - Supporters of US President Trump stand by the door of the Eastern front after they breached the US Capitol security in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2021 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664284 (13/24) (FILE) - Supporters of US President Trump in the Capitol Rotunda after breaching Capitol security in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2021 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664285 (14/24) (FILE) - Supporters of US President Trump stand by the door to the Senate chambers after they breached the US Capitol security in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2021 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664286 (15/24) (FILE) - Supporters of US President Trump outside the senate chambers after breaching Capitol security in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2021 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664288 (17/24) (FILE) - A supporter of US President Trump sits on the desk of US House Speaker Pelosi, after Trump supporters breached the US Capitol security in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2021 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664287 (16/24) (FILE) - US Capitol police look from behind broken glass in the Capital rotunda door at the East Front of the US Capitol after pro-Trump protesters stormed the grounds leading to chaos, in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2021 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/MICHAEL R
epa09664290 (19/24) (FILE) - Pro-Trump protesters occupy the grounds of the West Front of the US Capitol, including the inaugural stage and viewing stands, in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2021 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664289 (18/24) (FILE) - US President Donald J. Trump is seen delivering remarks via Twitter about the violence at the US Capitol on a television screen in the Brady press briefing room at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2021 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/SHAWN THEW/POOL ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664291 (20/24) (FILE) - Barricades along Pennsylvania Avenue across from the White House in Lafayette Park as preparations continue for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 19 January 2021 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/ERIK S. LESSER ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664292 (21/24) (FILE) - US President-elect Joe Biden (L) stands with Dr. Jill Biden (C) as he is given the oath of office by Chief Justice John Roberts of the Supreme Court during the inaugural ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 20 January 2021 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/MICHAEL REYNOLDS ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664294 (22/24) (FILE) - A composite image shows (L-R) former Trump campaign strategist Roger Stone, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon (issued 03 January 2022). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/ ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET
epa09664293 (23/24) (FILE) - A screen grab from a live broadcast by the Senate TV showing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, addressing the Senate, following the acquittal of former US president Trump in Trump's second Impeachment Trial, inside the capital building in Washington, DC, USA, 13 February 2021 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/SENATE TELEVISION HANDOUT HANDOUT ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
epa09664295 (24/24) (FILE) - US President Donald J. Trump (R) golfs at his Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, USA, 27 November 2020 (reissued 03 January 2021). Following the November 2020 US presidential election, a tone set by supporters of defeated US President Donald Trump escalated further. Trump, who was refusing to concede the victory of Joe Biden, claiming voter fraud and rigged elections, told supporters and white nationalist extreme-right group Proud Boys to respectively 'Stop the Steal' and to 'stand back and stand by'. His social media accounts were suspended and the alt-right platform Parler gained in user numbers.
On 06 January 2021, incumbent US vice president Pence was due to certify the Electoral College votes before Congress, the last step in the process before President-elect Biden was to be sworn in. In the morning, pro-Trump protesters had gathered for the so-called Save America March. Soon after Trump finished his speech at the Ellipse, the crowd marched to the Capitol. The attack had begun.
Rioters broke into the Capitol building where the joint Congress session was being held. Lawmakers barricaded themselves inside the chambers and donned tear gas masks while rioters vandalized the building, some even occupying offices such as House Speaker Pelosi's. Eventually in the evening the building was cleared from insurrectionists, and the Congress chambers reconvened their session, confirming Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 US presidential election.
In the aftermath, more than 600 people were charged with federal crimes in connection to the insurgency, and close Trump aides such as Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and Roger Stone were subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the attack. Trump himself was acquitted by the Senate in his second impeachment trial, this time for "inciting an insurrection". EPA-EFE/SHAWN THEW ATTENTION: This Image is part of a PHOTO SET