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A police spokesperson said that Mr Cohen was charged with crowding, obstructing or incommoding - a misdemeanour offence often used in civil disobedience cases in the US capital.

Six people appeared before the District of Columbia Superior Court on Tuesday alone to face charges of crowding, obstructing or incommoding.

He was removed from the chambers and arrested for “crowding, obstructing, or incommoding,” according to a statement from the Capitol Police.

The tweet added that police charged the seven protesters who refused to clear the street with a misdemeanor violation of “crowding, obstructing, or incommoding” traffic.

Thirty-five people were arrested for crowding, obstructing or incommoding, a D.C. code often cited when arresting protesters during peaceful, planned and coordinated actions of civil disobedience such as the demonstration on Tuesday.