Congress to certify Trump’s election on fourth anniversary of Capitol riot

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump’s victory over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in November’s presidential election will be formally certified by a joint-session of Congress on Monday, the occasion coinciding with the fourth anniversary of the Capitol riot of January 6 2021. Feeling betrayed, the participants chanted “Hang Mike Pence!” and erected a makeshift gallows on Capitol Hill for precisely that purpose as lawmakers were sent running for their lives in shocking scenes that saw characters like the buffalo-bonetted “QAnon shamen” Jacob Chansely crash the cradle of democracy and ransack lawmakers’ offices. open image in gallery ‘Stop the Steal’ protesters gather outside the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 6 2021 However, Trump, who was impeached for an unprecedented second time before mounting the extraordinary political comeback that led him back to the White House, has said he plans to pardon the participants as soon as he returns to office on January 20. open image in gallery Rioters storm the West Front of the US Capitol on January 6 2021 The Electoral Count Act also serves to make it tougher for members of the House and Senate to raise spurious objections to the states’ results, requiring at least one-fifth of those taking part to take exception before a protest can be investigated.