- On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob of supporters of then-U.S. president Donald Trump, two months after his defeat in the 2020 presidential election. They sought to keep Trump in power by occupying the Capitol and preventing a joint session of Congress counting the Electoral College votes to formalize the victory of President-elect Joe Biden. The attack was ultimately unsuccessful in preventing the certification of the election results. According to the House select committee investigating the incident, the attack was the culmination of a seven-part plan by Trump to overturn the election.
- Scutum (constellation) (Wikipedia)
Scutum is a small constellation. Its name is Latin for shield, and it was originally named Scutum Sobiescianum by Johannes Hevelius in 1684. Located just south of the celestial equator, its four brightest stars form a narrow diamond shape. It is one of the 88 IAU designated constellations defined in 1922.
- Pence declared President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris victorious.
- A week after the attack, the House of Representatives impeached Trump for incitement of insurrection
- In February, after Trump had left office, the Senate voted 57–43 in favor of conviction, but fell short of the required two-thirds, resulting in his acquittal.
- Senate Republicans blocked a bill to create a bipartisan independent commission to investigate the attack […]
- […] so the House instead approved a select investigation committee consisting of seven Democrats and two Republicans.
- They held nine televised public hearings on the attack in 2022, voted to subpoena Trump, and recommended that the Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecute Trump.
- On August 1, 2023, following a special counsel investigation, Trump was indicted on four charges.