Biden and Harris pay respects to Capitol officer killed in riot

US president Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden pay their respects to the late US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick in the Capitol Rotunda (Erin Schaff/The New York Times/Pool/AP)

Slain US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick lay in honour on Wednesday in the building he died defending, as colleagues, members of Congress and the president and vice president paid their respects.

Mr Sicknick died after defending the Capitol on January 6 against the mob that stormed the building and interrupted the electoral count after then-president Donald Trump urged supporters on the National Mall to “fight like hell” to overturn his defeat.