NARRATIVE – Four years after contesting the 2020 election, Trump has refused to commit to respecting the outcome “unless the election is free and fair.”
Correspondent in Washington
Anti-riot barriers have been erected in recent days in Washington around the Capitol, the Naval Observatory, the residence of the American vice-presidents and Howard University, where Kamala Harris' election night was to take place on Tuesday.
The 2024 election is the first presidential election to be held after January 6, 2021. The riot by Trump supporters, who forced the doors of the Capitol that day and interrupted the certification of Joe Biden's victory for several hours , has since radically changed the atmosphere of American politics.
This dramatic day was the culmination of two months of electoral crisis, triggered by Trump on the night following the election. He announced his victory and demanded that the counting be stopped. What followed were around sixty complaints filed in court, appeals to the Supreme Court and direct pressure from Trump, then president…
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