Welcome to the lead. We're live from Capitol Hill. I'm Jake Tapper. Behind me, the U.S. Capitol,

the scene of a dark day in American history, the deadly insurrection exactly one year ago.

Today, five people lost their lives on January 6, 2021 during or immediately after the riot.

And the very democracy of the United States was attacked and shaken. Today, President Joe Biden

addressed the nation from Stantuary Hall inside the U.S. Capitol and placed the blame for the

horrible attack squarely on the shoulders of former President Trump. For the first time in our history,

a president had not just lost an election. He tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power

as a violent mob reached the Capitol. The former president of the United States of America

has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. He's done so because he values power

over principle because he sees his own interest as more important than his country's interest

than America's interest. And because his bruised ego matters more to him than our democracy or

our constitution. On that dark day, a mob of angry Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.

It was two months after Trump had lost the election. Trump spent weeks, months refusing to

accept the results, challenging them in every way he could. In court, on air, on social media,

through intimidation of public officials and private and publicly. Trump told his supporters,

come to DC. On the day the electoral votes would be officially counted in Congress.

January 6, Trump said it would be, quote, wild. And that morning, Trump fed his supporters even more

lies and called on the crowd to stop democracy in action. You'll never take back our country with

weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong. We fight like hell. And if you don't

fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. And after this, we're going to walk

down and I'll be there with you. We're going to walk down to the Capitol. Now remember, even

top Trump allies admitted in those hours after the attack that there was ultimately one person

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