#BREAKING Trump says "outraged by the violence" at US Capitol
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VIDEO: Reactions at US Capitol a day after pro-Trump mob storms building.

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Ransacked.

@AFP photographer Brendan Smialowski records some of the damage done by a mob of Trump supporters when they ran riot in the US Capitol, the heart of American democracy
#UPDATE A police officer has died of injuries sustained during clashes with a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters who stormed the US Capitol.

It is the first law enforcement death stemming from the violence that has shocked America and the world
VIDEO: Biden accuses US authorities of treating pro-Trump protesters more leniently than anti-racism demonstrators.

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The Storming of the US Capitol.

AFP map and factfile on the Capitol in Washington, DC, stormed by Donald Trump supporters on January 6

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