Ĭalled to action by Trump, thousands of his supporters gathered in Washington, D.C., on January 5 and 6 to support his false claim that the 2020 election had been 'stolen by emboldened radical-left Democrats' and to demand that Vice President Mike Pence and Congress reject Biden's victory. As of July 7, 2022, monetary damages caused by attackers exceed $2.7 million.

Four officers who responded to the attack died by suicide within seven months. Many people were injured, including 138 police officers. įive people died either shortly before, during, or following the event: one was shot by Capitol Police, another died of a drug overdose, and three died of natural causes, including a police officer. According to the House select committee that investigated the incident, the attack was the culmination of a seven-part plan by Trump to overturn the election. The mob sought to keep Trump in power by preventing a joint session of Congress from counting the Electoral College votes to formalize the victory of President-elect Joe Biden. president Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, a mob of his supporters attacked the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.

In the early afternoon of Wednesday, January 6, 2021, two months after the defeat of 45th U.S.