Never-before-seen footage of the Capitol riots has been shown on the first day of Donald Trump's impeachment trial.

The body-worn video shows Capitol police officers badly outnumbered by a mob of Trump supporters, as they attempt to keep them out of the building.

Democrat prosecutors played the footage for the first time as they argued Mr Trump had "summoned the mob" behind last month's riot and "channelled the rage" in a violent attempt to steal the election for himself.

Representative Eric Swalwell, House Impeachment Manager, apologised for having to show the graphic footage. "May we do all we can in this chamber to make sure that never happens again.", he added.

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