Six months after riot, fence around US Capitol comes down

Investigations continue after Trump supporters smashed windows, fought police and sent lawmakers scrambling for safety.

The last sections of a high-security fence surrounding the United States Capitol in Washington, DC, are being removed on Friday, six months after supporters of former President Donald Trump overran the building in a riot. The two-and-half metre high, black-mesh fencing was thrown up by authorities in the aftermath of the attack on Congress and had at one point surrounded several blocks around the Capitol complex, blocking normal pedestrian and vehicle traffic. In the months following, the fence has been gradually withdrawn as security around the Capitol returned to normal over time. The sections that still stand enclose the white-domed Capitol and the chambers of the House of Representatives and Senate.