Attack on Capitol Hill returns attention to infamous 'The Turner Diaries'

Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington on Jan 6. Photo: AP

A group of activists attacks Congress and disrupts the seat of the US legislature. This wasn't Jan 6, but the scene in a 1978 novel. How The Turner Diaries continues to inspire right-wing groups opposed to the federal government.

In the 1978 novel The Turner Diaries, an underground revolutionary group of self-proclaimed patriots known as "the Organization" attacks the US Capitol. A car bombing of FBI headquarters kills hundreds.