Congress will gather noontime Monday to certify President-elect Donald Trump’s election. Layers of tall black fencing flank the U.S. Capitol complex in a stark reminder of what happened on this day four years ago.
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Congress voted twice on the results of the election in 2021, rejecting Republican challenges to President Joe Biden’s victories in Arizona and Pennsylvania.There was mild applause for Vice President Kamala Harris as she arrived on to the House floor to a flurry of empty seats.Rioters wave flags on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.
Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. “We must never forget the extraordinary courage of law enforcement officers on January 6th who stood in the breach and stared down the insurrectionists to protect the Capitol, the Congress and the Constitution,” the California lawmaker said in a statement.
On the morning of the certification, the U.S. Capitol was covered in snow with roads blocked off for miles as police hoped for a quiet day in Congress. “We should be proud that our democracy withstood this assault,” Biden wrote. “And we should be glad we will not see such a shameful attack again this year.”Police from nearby Arlington, Va., arrive at the Capitol to help reinforce the security presence ahead of a joint session of Congress to certify the votes from the Electoral College in the presidential election, in Washington, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.
At the center of the process are sealed electoral certificates from each state, which are brought into the House chamber in special mahogany boxes that are used for the occasion. Those same boxes were rushed to safety four years ago as rioters breached the Capitol. In this Jan. 6, 2021, photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President in Washington. . Now Donald Trump’s return to power has thrown into question the future of the more than 1,500 federal cases brought over the last four years.
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