Biden had campaigned as a rebuke to President Donald Trump, a singular figure whose political power was fuelled by discord and grievance.

The Capitol Police is investigating whether Republican members of Congress led people through the Capitol the day before the attack.

While the impeachment trial will be held after Trump has left office, it’s still unclear exactly how the trial will proceed if Senate Republicans vote to convict Trump.

The top U.S. prosecutor overseeing the probe said his team had no "direct evidence" that rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol had formed "kill capture teams."

The payments, made by a French donor, of 28.15 bitcoins were made on Dec. 8 to many alt-right groups and personalities as part of a single transaction, the report says.

Larry Rendall Brock Jr. was among more than 100 people arrested in the Capitol riot with charges ranging from curfew violations to serious federal felonies.

The ban, he said, revealed Twitter's ``failure'' to create an open and healthy space for what Dorsey calls the ``global public conversation.''

The video did not mention his Wednesday impeachment, when Trump became the first president in United States history to be impeached twice.

While National Guard troops have been stationed inside and outside the seat of Congress since at least Friday, earlier they had not been armed with rifles.

The decision by U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy comes as the FBI has warned of armed protests being planned for Washington in the run-up to the Jan. 20 inauguration.