How a Donald Trump rally transformed Washington DC and Capitol Hill into a riot zone

On the day the US election results were to be certified by Congress, Donald Trump supporters forced their way into the Capitol building.

Four people died on the Capitol grounds and 52 people were arrested by the evening.

The rioters breached a threshold that had not been crossed in more than 200 years and disrupted the American democratic process.

Some are describing the events in the US overnight as an attempted coup, others are asking why the full power of US security forces did not immediately halt the group.

This is how the day escalated from a sitting of Congress to a…