January 7 – Biden nominates Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general. January 7 – Congress formally affirms Biden’s 2020 victory, completing a final step in the electoral process after a mob incited by Trump breached the US Capitol on January 6 and forced lawmakers to evacuate both the House and Senate chambers. On January 8, Twitter announces Trump’s account is suspended permanently.
January 6 – Facebook and Twitter temporarily lock Trump’s accounts on their platforms after his supporters stormed the Capitol building to protest the election results. A total of five people die, including a Capitol Police officer the next day. January 6 – Following Trump’s rally and speech at the White House Ellipse, pro-Trump rioters storm the US Capitol as members of Congress meet to certify the Electoral College results of the 2020 presidential election. Later in the day, CNN projects Jon Ossoff will be the first Jewish senator from Georgia, defeating Republican Sen. Raphael Warnock, the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, will be the first Black senator from Georgia, defeating Republican Sen. January 6 – One day after US Senate runoffs in Georgia take place on January 5, CNN projects the Rev. Blake survived the shooting but was left paralyzed from the waist down. Sheskey, a White officer, shot Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, seven times while responding to a domestic incident on August 23, 2020. January 5 – Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Gravely announces Rusten Sheskey will not face charges in the shooting of Jacob Blake. January 5 – The Louisville Police Department fires two detectives, Myles Cosgrove and Joshua Jaynes, connected to the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor. January 3 – President Donald Trump pushes Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” votes to overturn the election results after his loss to President-elect Joe Biden, according to an audio recording of a phone call obtained by CNN and first reported by the Washington Post. Nancy Pelosi is reelected as House Speaker. January 3 – The 117th Congress is officially sworn in.