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The Chancellor's spokesman suggested it was not up to social media companies to decide which opinions are valid.

The New York Daily News reported that some of the mob which attacked the Capitol had defecated and trailed it through the building.

President Donald Trump has announced that he will not attend the swearing-in of Joe Biden on 20 January.

Sweden this week put forward an emergency law that paves the way for ministers to lock down large portions of society - a far cry from its famed ‘light touch'.

The Justice Department added that it had not ruled out prosecuting Trump himself.

Mark Zuckerberg said that the president had used the platforms to “incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government".

"What happened... was an insurrection, incited by the President of the United States," Romney said.

American democracy's darkest day, in pictures.

"The President is inciting domestic terrorism. I'm safe, but this is a sad day for America."