ATLANTA — He and his advisers may face criminal charges. His lawyers may lose their licenses. His allies who spread stolen-election lies face billion-dollar defamation lawsuits.
Two years after he tried to overturn his loss in the 2020 election, former President Donald Trump and others face a reckoning that his critics hope will deter a repeat of the events that led to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Trump and his advisers sought to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia and other states. Their scheme played out in courtrooms, state legislatures and, finally, on Capitol Hill. Those efforts failed, but they undermined confidence in U.S. elections and temporarily disrupted the peaceful transfer of power.
