The source of the conflict
In front of the Capitol building, the highest legislative body in the United States located in Washington, supporters of the outgoing US President Donald Trump gathered.
They protested against the results of the presidential election from last fall, in which the current President Joe Biden won.
Several demonstrators attacked the buildings of both houses of Congress. Protesters also entered both chambers. The entire complex was secured after two hours.
Donald Trump's Role
The invasion of Donald Trump's supporters into the Capitol was later investigated by a committee of the US House of Representatives.
According to its chairman, Bennie Thompson, it was an attempted coup. In his opening statement, Thompson literally said, "January 6th was the culmination of an attempt to overthrow the government, a shameful attempt... to overthrow the government."
Donald Trump's team filed more than sixty lawsuits after losing the presidential election. They were led against the election results, but all of them were dismissed for lack of evidence.
In addition, Donald Trump openly spoke on social media about fraud and manipulation.
Stop The Steal
The slogan of Donald Trump's supporters became "Stop The Steal". According to a Politico poll, Trump was able to convince an incredible 79 percent of Republican supporters of his ideas about manipulated and stolen elections.
In a tweet posted by Donald Trump on his Twitter on December 20th of the previous year, he called on his supporters to demonstrate on the known date of the vote count, January 6th of the following year.
Trump called on his supporters to fight and said the protest would be "wild".