Records reveal fervent Trump supporters fuelled US Capitol takeover

Supporters of President Donald Trump are confronted by US Capitol Police officers (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Mon, 11 Jan, 2021 - 11:08

Michael Biesecker, Michael Kunzelman, Gillian Flaccus and Jim Mustian, AP

The insurrectionist mob who stormed the US Capitol last week was overwhelmingly made up of supporters of US president Donald Trump, including Republican Party officials and donors, far-right militants, white supremacists and members of the military, an investigation shows.

They came from across America, summoned by Mr Trump to march on Washington in support of his false claim that the November election was stolen and to stop the congressional certification of Democrat Joe Biden as the victor.