The protesters managed to enter both chambers. Photo: JIM LO SCALZO / EFE
Several people have been injured with blows and at least one woman with gunshots during the violent entry of supporters of the president Donald Trump to the Capitol.
The House of Representatives and the Senate were evacuated by the Capitol Police , but administrative staff and several reporters are still in the building.
Some of the protesters entered the main rooms of both chambers and even occupied the chairs of the respective presidencies, according to reports.
The sessions of both chambers progressed calmly as part of the certification process of the Electoral College vote on the victory of the Democrat Joe Biden .
In the corridors, meanwhile, shouts were heard and a video captured the moment when the followers of the president Trump knocked on the front door, until they managed to get in.
‘They gave us gas masks on the floor of the Chamber. Tear gas has been used in the Rotunda, ”wrote Rep. Gerry Connolly on Twitter.
We’ve been given gas masks on the House floor. Tear gas has been used in the Rotunda.
– Rep. Gerry Connolly (@GerryConnolly) January 6, 1238
The vice president Mike Pence , who chairs the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, were removed from their respective cameras from the first moment of violence.
President Trump, who in the morning led a rally that inflamed his supporters, now urged them to remain in peace.
City government has called for a curfew until 6 tomorrow: 00 am