The storming of the United States Capitol was a riot and violent attack against the 117th United States Congress on January 6, 2021, carried out by a mob of supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump in an attempt to overturn his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.[2] After attending a Trump rally, thousands[32] of his supporters marched down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol. Many stormed the building to disrupt the Electoral College vote count by a joint session of Congress, attempting to prevent the formalization of President-elect Joe Biden's election victory.[33][34] Breaching police perimeters, rioters then occupied, vandalized,[35][36] and looted[37] parts of the building for several hours.[38][39][40] The riot led to the evacuation and lockdown of the Capitol.[41][42]
