US Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will proceed with legislation to impeach President Donald Trump unless the vice president and Cabinet invoke constitutional authority to force him out, calling Trump a threat to democracy.
The head of Washington’s Capitol police says he will resign over what lawmakers called a “shocking failure” of security which allowed a mob incited by President Donald Trump to run unchecked through the heart of government as Congress met to ratify Joe Biden’s election win.
Far-right Trump supporters, egged on by a speech from the President repeating claims of election fraud, have stormed the US Capitol, forcing police to barricade doors to the Senate and House of Representatives and keep protesters at bay at gunpoint as Congress met to certify president-elect Joe Biden’s win.
The Australian embassy in Washington DC is talking to the US State Department after a Network Seven reporter and cameraman were beaten by police outside the White House.