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After the US parliamentary seat was forcibly stormed, Congress met again in the Capitol on Wednesday evening (local time).

The Senate and the House of Representatives resumed their deliberations on certification of the presidential election result.

Both chambers initially met for separate meetings.

They were to meet again later that evening to formally and definitively confirm the final result of the presidential election.

In the face of serious protests by angry supporters of the elected US President Donald Trump, the Congress chambers had to interrupt their deliberations for hours beforehand.

Trump supporters marched in front of the parliament building and broke into the building.

Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the chamber will not be intimidated or bow to outlaws.

“You tried to disrupt our democracy.

They failed. ”McConnell insisted that the work that had been started would now be finished.

"We will certify the winner of the 2020 presidential election." The Democrat Joe Biden had won the election on November 3rd against Trump and is to be sworn in on January 20th.

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Senate Democratic minority leader Chuck Schumer called the rioters "domestic terrorists."

He made Trump jointly responsible for the attack on the Capitol.

The “demagogic president” had fueled and encouraged the “mob” with his conspiracy theories.

"Without him today's events would certainly not have happened."

House Democratic Chairwoman Nancy Pelosi said: “We know we are in difficult times.

But we could hardly have imagined what kind of attack was carried out on our democracy today. "

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