The first round of President Donald Trump’s supporters who stormed the US Capitol in a brazen attack on the seat of government was due in court to face charges, as police stepped up their search for perpetrators of violence.

15:44 GMT Some Trump supporters expected in court US Attorney General William Barr said that “orchestrating a mob to pressure Congress is inexcusable” 15:57 GMT Former AG Barr says Trump incitement of Capitol ‘mob’ was a ‘betrayal’įormer Attorney General William Barr has said President Donald Trump’s conduct as a violent mob of his supporters stormed the US Capitol was a “betrayal of his office and supporters”.īarr, who had resigned his top US law enforcement post at the end of 2020, said Thursday that “orchestrating a mob to pressure Congress is inexcusable”.īarr was one of Trump’s most loyal and ardent defenders in the Cabinet. “Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has extended a ban on US President Donald Trump’s accounts

“We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,” he wrote. Zuckerberg said on his Facebook page that the ban, which was announced Wednesday for 24 hours, was extended because of Trump’s “use of our platform to incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government.” 16:10 GMT Facebook bans Trump ‘indefinitely’: Zuckerbergįacebook has banned President Donald Trump from the platform “indefinitely” due to the US leader’s efforts to incite the violence in the US capital this week, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said. These were the updates up to 16:00 GMT on Thursday, January 7. This is Tamila Varshalomidze taking over from Creede Newton. Here’s Al Jazeera’s coverage of the US elections. The US House and Senate rejected the Republican objection to Pennsylvania’s vote results.Chaos comes after Trump encouraged the crowd to march to Capitol.Four people are dead, 52 arrested as protesters entered US Capitol building as legislators meet.Supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol as Congress gathers to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s presidential win.

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