THE MOMENTS (PHOTOS)
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On January 6, 2021
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
in
an attempted
self-coup d’état
two months
after his
defeat
in
the 2020
presidential
election.
They
sought
to keep him
in power
by
occupying
the Capitol
and
preventing
a joint session
of Congress
from
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 bipartisan
House select
committee
that
investigated
the incident,
the attack
was the culmination
of a seven-part plan
by
Trump
to
overturn
the election.[
Within
36 hours,
five people
died:
one was
shot by Capitol Police,
another
died of a drug
overdose,
three
died of
natural causes,
and
a police officer
died
after
being assaulted
by rioters.
Many
people were
injured,
including
174 police officers.
Four
officers
who responded
to the attack
died
by suicide
within seven months.
Damage
caused by attackers
exceeded $2.7 million.
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