Those behind Capitol riots are still active, Biden says

People outside the Capitol building in Washington DC. File photoWASHINGTON, Jun 10 The forces behind the January 6, 2021 capitol riots are still active, US President Joe Biden said in a speech Friday. «It's important for Americans to understand what happened in fact, and realize that the forces that led to January 6 are still operating,» Biden said, commenting on the hearings of the Congressional Select Committee to Investigate the Capitol Riots the day before. The American president also called the January 6 riots the darkest chapter in U.S. history, a blatant assault on democracy, and a brutal attack on the rule of law. The Capitol Investigation Committee held its first public hearing on Thursday evening, presenting a summary of the findings of that day's events. On January 6, 2021, a crowd of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the building Congress in an attempt to disrupt the approval of the results of the presidential election, which was won by Democratic candidate Joe Biden. Former Proud Boys leader pleads not guilty in Capitol attack