January 6 United States Capitol attack
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january-6-united-states-capitol-attack-212-7936
title:
January 6 United States Capitol attack
text:
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 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 cert
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2021 attempt to prevent presidential electoral vote count
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack
date created:
2021-01-06T18:34:29Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T03:55:41Z
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