Four people were stabbed and one shot in the stomach as violence flared in the early hours of yesterday following protests against the US election result.
Donald Trump flew over the protest in Washington DC in his helicopter as beneath him a crowd of around 15,000 men and women gathered, some masked, others waving flags and brandishing batons.
On Saturday morning he tweeted: “Wow! Thousands of people forming in Washington (DC) for Stop the Steal. Didn’t know about this, but I’ll be seeing them!”
They listened to speakers including Mellissa Carone – Rudy Giuliani’s star witness in the Michigan fraud case, who had to defend herself from accusations of being drunk during the hearing – and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, best known for insisting the Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax.
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Jones was accused of inciting violence after declaring that Joe Biden “will be removed, one way or another”. On Monday, the electors – the group of people who form the Electoral College – will meet in their respective states to declare the results of the presidential election, and Joe Biden will officially become president-elect.
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President Donald Trump supporters wearing attire associated with the Proud Boys attend a rally at Freedom Plaza in Washington. Saturday s protest in Washington DC – the second called by Trump supporters – was peaceful until the evening, when members of the far-Right Proud Boys group, wearing their distinctive yellow Gadsden flag banners, fought with counter-protesters dressed in black and wearing ski masks.