Washington correspondent
The political tensions accumulated for months, and after several weeks of systematic contestation of the result of the presidential election by Donald Trump, culminated on January 6 with the capture of the Capitol by an unleashed crowd.
Started with an ordinary protest, the day ended with five deaths, leaving America in shock.
Coup d'etat planned according to the Democrats, manifestation of anger according to the Republicans, the events are already recounted in competing narratives.
Their sequence, like historical events so often, resembles that of a chaotic day, full of noise and fury.
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