United States Justice Department investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election

Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
	The electoral map for the 2020 election. Blue denotes the 306 electoral votes for Biden, while red denotes the 232 electoral votes for Trump.
Date	Main phase: November 4, 2020 – January 7, 2021 (2 months and 3 days); Post-inauguration audits: January 7, 2021 – present (3 years, 3 months and 3 weeks);
Location	Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada, and Washington, D.C.
Caused by	Fabricated claims of electoral fraud
Resulted in	Failure to overturn election; Donald Trump supporters attack United States Capitol; Second impeachment of Donald Trump;

The United States Justice Department investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election began in early 2021 with investigations and prosecutions of hundreds of individuals who participated in the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol. By early 2022, the investigation had expanded to examine Donald Trump's inner circle, with the Justice Department impaneling several federal grand juries to investigate the attempts to overturn the election. Later in 2022, a special counsel was appointed.^[6] On August 1, 2023, Trump was indicted. The indictment also describes six alleged co-conspirators.^[7]

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Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
The electoral map for the 2020 election. Blue denotes the 306 electoral votes for Biden, while red denotes the 232 electoral votes for Trump.
Date	Main phase: November 4, 2020^[1] – January 7, 2021^[2] (2 months and 3 days) Post-inauguration audits: January 7, 2021 – present (3 years, 3 months and 3 weeks)
Location	Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada, and Washington, D.C.
Caused by	Fabricated claims of electoral fraud^[3]^[4]^[5]
Resulted in	Failure to overturn election Donald Trump supporters attack United States Capitol Second impeachment of Donald Trump