The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" id="mwAXQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> certifies the results of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" id="mwAXU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 United States presidential election</a>, confirming the election of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden" id="mwAXY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>, on the morning of the 7th after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack" id="mwAXc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="January 6 United States Capitol attack">the Capitol was attacked the day before during earlier attempts to certify the election by supporters of</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump" id="mwAXg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Donald Trump">the incumbent president Donald Trump</a>, who lost re-election to Biden and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election" id="mwAXk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election">attempted to overturn the results of the election</a>.<sup about="#mwt239" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-45"}}' id="cite_ref-45" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_7#cite_note-45" id="mwAXo" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 45;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAXs">[45]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-45"><cite about="#mwt236" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFBrazil2021">Brazil, U. S. Mission (9 January 2021). <a class="external text" href="https://br.usembassy.gov/u-s-congress-certifies-the-electoral-college-vote/" id="mwCTQ" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"U.S. Congress certifies the Electoral College Vote"</a>. <i id="mwCTU">U.S. Embassy &amp; Consulates in Brazil</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCTY">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCTc">10 February</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt236" class="Z3988" id="mwCTg" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=U.S.+Embassy+%26+Consulates+in+Brazil&amp;rft.atitle=U.S.+Congress+certifies+the+Electoral+College+Vote&amp;rft.date=2021-01-09&amp;rft.aulast=Brazil&amp;rft.aufirst=U.+S.+Mission&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbr.usembassy.gov%2Fu-s-congress-certifies-the-electoral-college-vote%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+7"></span></span>