One year ago, Americans watched as scenes unlike any witnessed in the U.S. in centuries unfolded at the Capitol.
Hundreds of rioters in support of then-President Donald Trump laid siege on the building as Congress was certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election — breaching police lines, scaling walls, shattering windows, breaking into the U.S. Senate chamber and reaching the doors of the U.S. House chamber as lawmakers evacuated.
The Jan. 6, 2021, attack left multiple people dead and many others injured.
