As President-elect Donald Trump was visiting the U.S. Capitol, police responded to an incident nearby in which a man attempted to set a car on fire. According to the United States Capitol Police, police were alerted to a man trying to set a car on fire near the Grant Memorial on Wednesday.
From the rioters who breached the Capitol building to the lawmakers trapped inside, from Trump-world turncoats, to the now president-elect himself, many who joined or were caught up in the riot are still living with fallout from the January 6 of four years ago.
The disturbing incident unfolded in front of the Ulysses S. Grant Memorial just before 5:30 p.m. – at the same time Trump, 78, was arriving at the Capitol Building.
Four years after the January 6th attack on the Capitol the Department of Justice says they've charged more than a thousand people with federal crimes and President-elect Donald Trump has promised to pardon some of them.
The unidentified man is being arrested for "multiple charges of Carrying a Dangerous Weapon," Capitol Police said, adding they will provide more information when it is available
In some ways, it’s like the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021, that shook the foundations of American democracy, never happened. “It’s been erased,” said Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt. “Winners write history and Trump won.
WASHINGTON — Tennessee Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen and two former police officers who protected the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, on Wednesday condemned President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to pardon those charged in connection with the insurrection.
At a news conference, the president-elect sought to blame the F.B.I. for the riot at the Capitol, echoing a conspiracy theory that is widespread on the right.
Congress formally certified the reelection of former President Donald Trump on Monday. It was a routine procedural moment, a striking contrast to the violent insurrection of Jan. 6 four years ago. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins reports.
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, one of seven Senate Republicans who voted to convict Trump on impeachment charges after Jan. 6, said “it was a very, very dark time.” Some lawmakers, she said, “do want to really put that behind us.”
Monday's meeting to certify the election comes amid efforts by President-elect Trump to downplay the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.
President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t have to go to jail, pay a fine or perform community service as a result of his New York hush money conviction.