File photo: On January 6, 2021, in Washington, the United States, a group of supporters of US President Donald Trump fought with law enforcement officers in front of the US Capitol building as they stormed into the building.
Leah Millis | Reuters
Congress will meet on Monday to certify the president-elect Donald TrumpDefeat the Vice President Kamala Harris exist 2024 electionFour years ago, Trump supporters rioted inside the U.S. Capitol to protest his defeat in the 2020 election.
Even though Trump wrongly denies that he lost to the President Joe Biden and urged then-Vice President Mike Pence Rejecting the electoral votes of Jan. 6, 2021, a joint meeting on Monday to confirm Trump’s return to power is expected to avoid a repeat of any similar violence or chaos.
Harris, who will preside over the proceedings, did not challenge the election results or spread false conspiracy theories to undermine confidence in the results, as Trump did.
Nor did Harris and her allies pursue a series of legal actions to try to overturn the election results, as Trump and his allies did.
Democrats are not expected to Raise an objection Just like some Republican senators and most Republican House members did in 2021.
Harris in the video First obtained by NBC NewsSaying her role is a “sacred duty” she is “guided by love of country, loyalty to our Constitution and unwavering faith in the American people.”
But while the process may return to its traditional ceremonial role in peaceful transitions of power, the scars left by 2021 are still visible.
The Capitol Complex will be in Emphasis on safety Lawmakers meet to certify the election. this Department of Homeland Security In September, January 6, 2025, was designated a “special national security event” for the first time, prompting law enforcement agencies at all levels to develop comprehensive security plans around the Capitol.
The certification event will also take place at a time when hundreds of people are in jail for their role in the 2021 riots. The Justice Department’s effort to investigate and prosecute the rioters, the largest such investigation in U.S. history, has resulted in charges against more than 1,580 defendants and convictions of approximately 1,270 of them.
Trump, impeached for second time for inciting mob to attack Capitol, vows pardon its participants — could include people who attack police officers, although he said “there may be some exceptions.”
minister of justice Merrick Garland Justice Department prosecutors “have worked with unwavering integrity to hold accountable those criminally responsible for the January 6 attack on our democracy,” they said in a statement Monday morning.
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