Trump’s impeachment trial: Watch the shocking new videos released on day two

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House impeachment managers unveiled a string of shocking videos on Wednesday that showed Mike Pence fleeing for his safety as pro-Trump rioters attacked the US Capitol.

The former vice president was captured on film fleeing the Senate to a secure location with his family as the rIoters closed in.

The stunning and previously unseen security camera footage from inside the Capitol on 6 January also showed police officer Eugene Goodman saving Senator Mitt Romney as the mob breached the building.

The footage captured Mr Romney unaware he was walking towards the violent crowd before Officer Goodman told him to turn around and flee to safety.

Mr Romney later said that he was unaware of how close he came to the rioters and that he would be searching out Mr Goodman, who lured rioters away from lawmakers, to thank him.

The videos also showed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's staff barricading themselves inside an inner office as rioters roamed through the Capitol hunting for the California lawmaker.

Just seven minutes later the rioters could be heard pounding on the door trying to get in.

"They're pounding on doors trying to find" Speaker Pelosi, one staffer is heard whispering.

Impeachment manager Ted Lieu said on Wednesday: "Trump ran out of nonviolent options to maintain power ... What you saw was a man so desperate to cling to power that he tried everything he could to keep it, and when he ran our nonviolent measures, he turned to the violent mob that attacked your Senate chamber on 6 January."

In an emotional statement, impeachment trial manager Representative Madeleine Dean said the attack on the Capitol "never would've happened but for Donald Trump".

A total of 67 senators will be needed to vote in favour of convicting Mr Trump at the end of his trial.

If that supermajority mark is passed and the former president is convicted, the Senate can take action against him and vote by a simple majority to disqualify Mr Trump from ever holding elected office again.

That would prevent him seeking the GOP presidential nomination in the 2024 race, for which he is still favoured among possible Republican candidates, polls show.

However, only a handful of Republican senators are seen as likely to vote to convict Mr Trump.