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Title:US Congress certifies results of presidential election after Trump supporters storm the Capitol
Date:7th January 2021
Description:Both houses of the US Congress have certified the results of the 2020 presidential election. The process which is normally only a formality, started on January 6, 2021, but was only concluded in the early hours of the following day. It was disrupted when lawmakers were forced to evacuate the US Capitol after it was stormed by thousands of radical supporters of sitting President Donald Trump. Trump called in the National Guard to quell the violence and secure the Capitol, but he continued to…