WASHINGTON — Donald Trump caps a historic political comeback as Congress certifies his election victory, in a remarkable turn from four years ago, when a mob he had summoned to Washington ransacked the US Capitol.
The US president-elect spent much of his campaign facing prosecution over the 2021 insurrection when his supporters — fueled by his false claims of voter fraud — rioted to halt the certification of his defeat to Joe Biden.
But Trump, 78, was voted back into office in November and today’s ceremony goes much more smoothly, even with a major winter storm blanketing the capital and much of the country in snow.
“Donald J Trump of the state of Florida, has received 312 votes. Kamala D Harris of the state of California has received 226 votes,” Harris herself declares to assembled lawmakers after the counting was complete.
Harris — who oversaw the certification as part of her vice-presidential duties — says the official count “shall be deemed a sufficient declaration” for Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance to take their oaths of office on January 20.
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