Republicans try to whitewash Jan 6 legacy as snow-covered D.C. airs grievances
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Analysis: Washington’s liberals aren’t entirely ready to move on as a new Trump administration looks to downplay January 6’s bloody legacy. The snowstorm that descended on Washington, D.C., and other parts of the mid-Atlantic region on Monday marked a surreal fourth anniversary to the January 6 attack of 2021.
![[The snow-covered U.S. Capitol building is seen through black security fencing on the fourth anniversary of the January 6 attack]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/06/18/GettyImages-2192657155.jpg)
And with Donald Trump now set to return to the White House in exactly two weeks, the day has taken on a kind of Festivus-esque vibe as liberals and even some members of the press participate in an unofficial Airing of Grievances. If the Seinfeld-glorified holiday’s motto is “I’ve got a lot of problems with you people, and now you’re going to hear about it,” January 6’s felt similarly accusatory: “Hey Republicans: guess who’s not storming the Capitol today?”.
![[(L-R) US Senator Deb Fischer, Republican from Nebraska, speaks as US Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson look on during of a joint session of Congress to certify the results of the 2024 Presidential election]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/06/18/2192160712.jpg)
The return of Trump to the presidency means an end to the two prosecutions of the 45th president pursued by the Justice Department. Fulton County’s case against him looks to be in tatters thanks to what can only be described as the intimate escapades of District Attorney Fani Willis.
In short, save for a potential sentencing in his New York criminal fraud trial, Donald Trump has wriggled his way free from every remaining major legal consequence stemming from his last four years in office and his years in business. The liberal dream of seeing America’s justice system deliver a knockout blow is dead. Worse than dead, actually: Trump may well pardon some or all of the defendants charged with crimes for the violent assault on the seat of U.S. democracy.
