How Congress will certify Trump's Electoral College victory on Jan. 6

The congressional joint session to count electoral votes is expected to be much less eventful than the certification four years ago. On Jan. 6, 2021, a violent mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump tried to stop the count and overturn the results of an election that he lost to Democrat Joe Biden. This time, Trump is returning to office after winning the 2024 election that began with Biden as his party’s nominee and ended with Vice President Kamala Harris atop the ticket. On Monday, she'll preside over the certification of her own loss, fulfilling the constitutional role in the same way that Trump’s vice president, Mike Pence, did after the violence subsided on Jan. 6, 2021.