The storming of the Capitol the day before was an act of internal terrorism. This is how Washington Mayor Mariel Bowser called him at a press conference, her words are reported by RIA Novosti .
“I urge the Joint Working Group on Terrorism to investigate, detain and try everyone who entered the Capitol grounds, destroyed someone else’s property, or repaired acts of internal terrorism,” said the head of the city, urging the US Congress to create a group to investigate the incident.
Bowser stressed that the president of the country Donald Trump should be held accountable as well as his supporters. According to the politician, the head of state wanted riots in the Capitol.
For security reasons, they decided to enclose Capitol Hill with a fence almost two meters (seven feet) high. It will stay there for 30 days.
On January 6, Donald Trump’s protesters burst into the Capitol building and surrounded the hall Senate. The Senate and the House of Representatives interrupted a meeting at which it was planned to approve the results of the last elections. According to these data, the Democrat won the presidential elections Joe Biden .