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Wednesday, January 6: President Trump holds a rally in Washington, D.C., to decry the certification of President-elect Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. He also calls on Vice President Pence to reject the electoral votes, even though the Vice President does not hold such legal power. [166]
Former President Donald Trump has social media comparing photos and looking in history books after he claimed the crowd during his Jan. 6, 2021, "Stop the Steal" Rally was bigger than the ...
Trump repeated this call in his rally speech on the morning of January 6. [102] Numerous scholars, historians, political scientists, and journalists have characterized these efforts to overturn the election as an attempted self-coup by Trump and an implementation of the "big lie". [103]
Protesters outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) Rally organizers told the National Park Service that they anticipated 30,000 people would attend.
On March 6, armed Trump supporters in New York City clashed with anti-Trump protesters near Trump Tower. During the event, a police officer was attacked with bleach. At least four people were arrested afterwards. [152] On March 20, over 100 Trump supporters in Raleigh, North Carolina gathered to protest North Carolina's COVID-19 restrictions. [153]
It was only after his coup attempt failed on Jan. 6, 2021, that Trump acknowledged the election was over, and even after that date he continued to meet with his allies about ways to remain in office.
A relative identified him to the FBI, stating that he had gone to a Trump rally in Washington, D.C. in the past too and learnt of his plans for travel through Facebook. The affidavit also states the man admitted to a friend on January 7 that he had broken a window. [104] March 26, 2021 [105] David Lee Judd Federal: Assaulting ...
Trump again indicated that he plans to pardon many of those convicted for their actions during the attempted insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6 2021 once he takes office.