How do we point back to Wednesday and do justice in a sense to how close this democracy

came?

Hi and welcome back to Amicus.

This is Slates Podcast about the law and the rule of law and the courts and the justice

system.

I'm Dahlia Lithwig.

I covered the law and the courts for slate.

This week we're going to bring you another extra off-week edition of the show to talk

about events at the national capital.

On Wednesday is both houses of Congress convened to formally ratify the election of Joe Biden

as president of the United States.

A mob of rioters, some armed, stormed the barricades around the buildings, broke windows,

climbed walls, capital police tasked with defending the capital and members of Congress.

We're completely overwhelmed as rioters smashed into both the house and the senate chambers.

Representatives were rushed to secure locations.

Some of them pulled on gas masks.

After several hours and a small smattering of arrests, the insurrectionists mostly left

the building just walking out the doors.

The counting of electoral votes that had stopped that afternoon continued into the evening

and early Thursday morning, the election was finally formally called for Joe Biden.

As of this taping, five people are dead.

As of this taping, two members of Trump's cabinet have resigned.

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