Six months ago, Donald Trump rallied thousands of his supporters gathered outside the White House to “fight like hell” in a bid to stop Joe Biden replacing him as president.

Within minutes, lawmakers in Congress - including Trump’s own vice-president - tasked with certifying Biden's legitimate election victory were running for their lives from a mob who stormed the Capitol building.

Six months on, the U.S under Biden is recovering from the pandemic and returning to some kind of normality. January 6 has left its mark both inside and outside the Capitol.

CGTN’s Owen Fairclough reports.

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