5 articles tagged “January 6”.
On December 14, 2020, the duly appointed presidential electors met in states across the country. Joe Biden had won the certified results in seven contested states, but groups of Trump supporters also assembled and signed documents purporting to cast electoral votes for Donald Trump.
As Congress prepared to count electoral votes on January 6, 2021, President Donald Trump and allies insisted that Vice President Mike Pence could intervene to change the result. Pence’s constitutional role was to preside over the joint session, not independently choose the winner of the election.
The House January 6 committee used the phrase “187 minutes” to describe the period between the end of Donald Trump’s speech near the White House and his later video message telling supporters at the Capitol to go home. The phrase became central to the committee’s examination of presidential conduct during the attack.
On January 2, 2021, President Donald Trump spoke by telephone with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and other officials about the state’s presidential election result. Georgia had certified Joe Biden’s narrow victory following recounts and reviews.
The House select committee investigating the January 6 attack gathered testimony, documents, recordings, and video over an extended inquiry. Its final report, released in December 2022, presented the attack as the culmination of a larger effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election.