January 2021 events

The following is a list of events relating to the 2021 Capitol Building Attack in January 2021.


 * January 6th - 2021 Capitol Building Attack
 * Vice President Mike Pence tells Donald Trump that he will invoke the 25th amendment unless Trump resigns. Secretly planning to lead another insurrection, Trump agrees and resigns.
 * Pence is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States.


 * January 7th - An additional 7 deaths are reported, including the death of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
 * Several arrests are made.
 * Governors begin to appoint replacement senators and representatives and plan special elections.
 * Donald Trump and thousands of right-wing Trump supporters are banned from their social media accounts.
 * Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez begins to draft articles of impeachment against Donald Trump.
 * Several foreign leaders condemn the attack and call for Trump's imprisonment, referring to the attackers as "monsters" and "terrorists".
 * January 8th - President Pence issues an executive order making it a federal crime for non-government workers to be within 500 feet of a federal government building through January 27th. The executive order gains support but becomes controversial, with many seeing it as unhelpful and even problematic to non-government workers who may need to access the buildings, such as delivery truck drivers, or those conducting business.
 * Funerals are held for the 26 congressmen and women killed in the attack. President Pence attends and speaks at each one.
 * An additional 25 arrests are made by the FBI.
 * Donald Trump launches a personal website: Patriot Party. He announces through OAN that he plans to run for President in 2024. He also encourages supporters to launch an attack on the White House after Biden's inauguration.
 * January 9th - Mass protests in Philadelphia erupt over Mike Pence's executive order.
 * Articles of impeachment are introduced to the House.
 * President Pence forms Capitol Insurrection Investigation Committee.
 * January 10th - Pence rescinds his executive order.
 * Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announces that the House will vote on impeachment on January 11th. Many prominent Republicans argue that impeachment would only divide the country further.
 * Riots begin in Kentucky over the removal of President Trump.
 * Pence orders National Guard to attempt to stop the rioters.
 * January 11th - A high school in Ohio is occupied by a group of Proud Boys and QAnon members. Two students are shot, and many rioters shoot empty rooms, vandalize classroom and objects with liberal, Black Lives Matter, or LGBT-related slogans and symbols. Many rioters also forcibly remove masks from children's faces.
 * A QAnon supporter mails an explosive device to the home of Dr. Anthony Fauci. The package is intercepted and security for Fauci is increased.
 * Police continue stand-off with occupants of Springfield High School until a SWAT team liberates the school.
 * The anonymous user claiming to be 'Q' claims that January 6th is the beginning of the "QAnon War", and the FBI believes further attacks could be planned.
 * Calls for Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz's resignation continue as Hawley releases video claiming that although the actions of the protesters was "unwarranted", the decision to remove Trump and the victory of Joe Biden were still "problematic". Hawley's remarks were seen as insensitive and provocative by many.
 * January 12th - Donald Trump is impeached again, with unanimous Democrat votes and 10 Republican votes.
 * InfoWars host Alex Jones is arrested at a high school in Austin, Texas, for harassing high school students protesting against Donald Trump and calling for his arrest.
 * A bomb is found at the RNC headquarters.
 * January 13th-19th
 * Special elections are held, electing new senators and representatives. A new Congress is completed by the 17th.
 * Donald Trump meets with Marjorie Taylor Green at his residence in Florida, and discusses her running as a member of the Patriot Party.
 * Republican Ted Cruz announces that he will not resign, and blames "cancel culture".
 * January 20th
 * Joe Biden is elected as the 47th president of the United States.
 * January 21st - January 31st
 * President Biden passes new legislation to improve the nation's COVID-19 response and creates the Domestic Force, a branch of the army dedicated to preserving democracy and ensuring peaceful transitions of power.
 * Donald Trump is acquitted in his senate trial.