Group of pro-Trump rioters who stormed Capitol expected in court

Police chief says some arrests related to curfew violations while others arrested on charges of unlicensed or prohibited firearms

A first batch of rioters who stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday, at the encouragement of Donald Trump in his futile bid to overturn his election defeat were due in court in Washington DC, to face charges on Thursday.

After a pro-Trump mob of many hundreds attacked the seat of US legislative government in a brazen breach of security that was barely resisted by the thin ranks of law enforcement in its initial stages, police on Thursday stepped up their search for perpetrators of violence.