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Supporters of President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol, breaking windows and stealing things, could face charges including sedition, insurrection and rioting, Washington, D.C.'s top federal prosecutor said on Thursday.
The protesters forced their way past metal barricades at the rear of the building around 1 p.m., when Trump was finishing a two-hour speech alleging without evidence that the November election of Democrat Joe Biden was rigged, according to The Washington Post.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) The first round of supporters of President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol in a brazen attack on the seat of government are due in court to face charges on Thursday, as police step up their search for perpetrators of violence.
In a late night news conference, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee said 47 of the 52 arrests to date were related to violations of Mayor Muriel Bowser s 6 p.m. curfew, with 26 of those involving people arrested on U.S. Capitol grounds.
Several others were arrested on charges related to carrying unlicensed or prohibited firearms.
It was not immediately clear how many people would be arraigned on Thursday.