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UPDATE 01.40: Congress will resume its meeting on Wednesday evening
In a letter to her colleagues, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that Congressional leaders have decided to resume their joint session tonight to certify the victory of President-elect Joe Biden once the Capitol is “authorized to its use”.
“In consultation with Leader Hoyer and Whip Clyburn and following appeals to the Pentagon, the Department of Justice and the Vice President, we have decided to return to the Capitol tonight, once it is available for use,” Pelosi said.
Northam also imposed traffic restrictions from 6 pm to 6 am in Alexandria and Arlington, with limited exceptions.
At the request of @AlexandriaVAGov and @ArlingtonVAI am declaring a 6:00 pm to 6:00 pm curfew in these jurisdictions, with limited exceptions.
I am also issuing a state of emergency in Virginia, so that we can continue to respond.
– Ralph Northam (@GovernorVA) January 6, 2021
UPDATE 01.10: Woman shot to death, another person injured after falling from scaffolding around Congress building.
UPDATE: 00.45: The police took the protesters out of the Capitol building
Police withdrew participants in the pro-Trump rally from the West Wing of the Capitol. CNN reporters say chemicals were also used.
A sergeant announced that the headquarters of the United States Capitol is now safe, according to reporters at the scene.
UPDATE: DC Police Chief Says 13 People Have Been Arrested
At least 13 people have been arrested in connection with the siege of the United States Chapter by pro-Trump protesters, DC Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said Wednesday.
“We have 13 arrests and I must add that none of the arrested is a DC resident, all the people who were arrested were from other areas,” Contee told CNN.
The DC Police Chief said several police officers are receiving medical attention and authorities have confiscated several weapons. A source cited by CNN says that actions are still being taken to remove protesters inside the Capitol building and also those on the steps of the Capitol, where the president’s inauguration ceremony traditionally takes place, and in the steps around.
UPDATE: FBI SWAT troops entered the Capitol building to restore order.
UPDATE: Smaller protests are taking place in administrative buildings in other US cities.
On Wednesday night, when protesters in Washington stormed the Capitol building, they began small protests at other administrative buildings in cities like Salem, Oregon; Atlanta, Denver and Topeka.
Several hundred people attended a rally in front of the Oregon Chapter, sitting in the rain. At one point, they sent Trump’s Twitter message to protesters in Washington.
“He was the president. But we are not going home; we are just getting started,” said a leader of the protesters.
In Atlanta, dozens of people stood in front of the Capitol, and in Denver, hundreds of people gathered in front of the Colorado Capitol. Authorities say a pro-Trump protest in Topeka was authorized and carried out peacefully, writes CNN.
UPDATE: Two suspicious devices were found on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Republican National Committee (RNC) in Washington and at the nearby headquarters of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), writes The New York Times.
The device found at the RNC was a bomb that was successfully destroyed by a team of engineers.
The DNC package has yet to be identified, according to a Democrat, who was not allowed to speak publicly about it.
The Washington Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Democratic National Committee are based just blocks from the Capitol building.
UPDATE: Biden’s Reaction: It amazes me that such a black point has reached the history of our democracy.
“It is not a protest, it is an insurrection,” says Biden, urging Donald Trump to appear on television and “demand an end to this siege.”
UPDATE: Former United States Attorney General calls on federal authorities to “end the site of the United States Chapter immediately.”
UPDATE: The National Guard has been called in to restore order. The National Guard troops deployed in support of the federal civil authorities have non-lethal equipment.
UPDATE: A woman is in critical condition after being shot in the chest, according to two sources, CNN reports.
Sources were unable to provide further details on the circumstances of the shooting.
Profimedia source: pro-Trump protesters in the Capitol offices.
UPDATE: Police detained several protesters. Some protesters entered the Senate chamber, climbing over the edge of the walls.
UPDATE: As his supporters entered the Capitol, Donald Trump wrote on Twitter: “supporting the Capitol police and law enforcement.”
The US media is reporting that tear gas was used inside the Capitol building as more and more protesters entered the building.
The mayor of Washington DC, Muriel Bowser, has imposed the order to stay home from 6:00 p.m. local time.
TO UPDATE: Lawmakers and reporters inside the building say they have been asked to evacuate the building or take shelter and don gas masks.
Photo Source: CNN
A Capitol Police spokesman spoke from the podium, telling lawmakers to stay calm.
Members of Congress received gas masks.
Vice President Mike Pence was reportedly evacuated from the Capitol building.
Trump supporters have stormed the Capitol
pic.twitter.com/JwFfaCq2dJ
– Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) January 6, 2021
Initial news
Police said they were evacuating areas near the Capitol after pro-Trump protesters entered the complex’s perimeter.
Inside the building, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the United States began a session to validate the votes cast by the members of the Federal Electoral College, a body that confirmed the victory of Joseph Biden in the presidential elections.
Police have ordered the evacuation of the “Cannon” annex and the “Madison Library” of the United States Congress, sources from the intervention services said.
According to the sources cited, several suspicious objects were found near the Capitol, and one resembles a handmade explosive device. Most likely, these are objects placed to generate a false security alert.
Trump protesters have broken barriers in the US Capitol. pic.twitter.com/9IgXQkGorE
– Donie O’Sullivan (@donie) January 6, 2021
BREAK: Trump supporters have breached the Capitol building, tearing down 4 layers of security fences and are attempting to occupy the building, fighting the federal police that are overrun.
This is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen. Miles, the police can’t stop them pic.twitter.com/VVdTUwV5YN
– ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) January 6, 2021
Trump runs
“Our country is tired and will not be long in coming,” said Donald Trump, who called for an end to the “electoral robbery” tolerated by the “fake news press.”
“The election was rigged like never before. We will never give up, we will not admit defeat, we cannot do this when it comes to theft,” Donald Trump said, according to Fox News.
Donald Trump once again asked Vice President Mike Pence to intervene in the plenary session of Congress to stop validating the result of the presidential elections. “I hope Mike does the right thing. I hope this, because if Mike Pence does the right thing, we will win the election. All Vice President Pence has to do is send the documents to the states for revalidation; that way, I will become President … and they will be the happiest people, “Donald Trump told his supporters.
Donald Trump has repeatedly called on Vice President Mike Pence to back his actions to prevent Congress from validating the result of the presidential election won by Joseph Biden. “The vice president has the power to reject fraudulently elected voters,” Donald Trump said on Twitter Tuesday. Earlier during an election event in Georgia on Monday, Donald Trump said, “I hope Mike Pence will step in for us. Of course, if he doesn’t, I won’t like him so much.
Mike Pence, vice president of the United States, will have a strictly formal role in registering the votes cast by members of the Federal Electoral College, the body that confirmed Joseph Biden’s victory in the November presidential elections. According to an electoral regulation of 1887, the vice president of the USA will read in alphabetical order the results expressed by the voters of each state and will note the possible objections. “Under Trump’s new theory, Pence has the unilateral authority to decide whether or not to present the votes of voters who voted for Biden and can even ignore them and present the voters who support him. It is an interpretation of the role to the vice president who contradicts the procedures of any other election in the history of the United States, a conception on which specialists in the constitutional field believe that it has no logic (…) ”, points out the website Politico.com.
The House of Representatives and the Senate of the United States began a session to validate the votes cast by the members of the Federal Electoral College, a body that confirmed the victory of Joseph Biden in the presidential elections.
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