=== Stormen på U.S. Capitol 2021 ===
{{Se også|Stormen på United States Capitol 2021}}[[Præsidentvalget i USA 2020|Præsidentvalget i 2020]] blev afholdt i skyggen af [[Coronaviruspandemien|covidpandemien]], hvilket gjorde at et rekordstort antal vælgere havde valgt at [[brevstemme]], fremfor at afgive deres stemme på traditionelvis ved fysisk at møde frem og afgive deres stemme på selve valgdagen. Det høje antal brevstemmer og det faktum, at valgprocessen i flere delstater var ændret i hast<ref>Scanlan, Quinn (23. september 2020): "[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/states-changed-rules-voting-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/story?id=72309089 Here's how states have changed the rules around voting amid the coronavirus pandemic]" ''[[ABC News]]''. Hentet 18-04-2023</ref><ref>Fessler, Pam (19. oktober 2020): "[https://www.npr.org/2020/10/19/922411176/supreme-court-rules-pennsylvania-can-count-ballots-received-after-election-day Supreme Court Rules Pennsylvania Can Count Ballots Received After Election Day]" ''NPR''. Hentet 18-04-2023</ref> – så de kunne imødekomme behovet for at brevstemme – gjorde at optællingsprocessen efter præsidentvalget d. 3. november 2020 trak ud. Dette afstedkom at ingen af præsidentkandidaterne blevet erklæret vindere på selve valgaftenen. Ikke desto mindre gav Donald Trump  i en tale på selve valgaftenen d. 3. november – på trods af at flere delstater ikke var færdige med at optælle deres stemmer –udtryk for, at han havde vundet flere af de vigtige svingstater, mens han samtidig antydede, at der fandt mistænkeligheder sted i valgoptællingen. Trump gik så vidt til at sige, at stemmeoptællingen skulle "''stoppe''", samt at de – efter hans opfattelse –  allerede havde "''vundet''".<ref>Walker, James (d. 4. november 2020): "[https://www.newsweek.com/what-donald-trump-said-election-victory-speech-full-transcript-1544716 What Donald Trump Said in Premature Election 'Victory' Statement—Full Transcript of President's Extraordinary White House Speech]" ''[[Newsweek]]''. ''Hentet 18-04-2023''</ref> Tre dage senere, om morgenen d. 7. november, annoncerede flere medier såsom [[ABC News]], [[NBC News]], [[CBS News]], [[Associated Press]], [[CNN]] og [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]], at [[Joe Biden]] havde vundet præsidentvalget.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Joe Biden elected president|url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-biden-election-results-11-07-20/index.html|last1=Wagner|first1=Meg|display-authors=et al|date=7. november 2020|access-date=7. november 2020|work=[[CNN]]|archive-date=7. november 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107163554/https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-biden-election-results-11-07-20/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Joe Biden apparent winner of presidency|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/joe-biden-apparent-winner-presidency/story?id=73981165&cid=clicksource_4380645_9_heads_hero_live_hero_hed|first1=Libby|last1=Cathey|access-date=7. november 2020|work=[[ABC News]]|archive-date=8. november 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108023852/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/joe-biden-apparent-winner-presidency/story?id=73981165 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Biden wins presidency, Trump denied second term in White House, Fox News projects|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-wins-presidency-trump-fox-news-projects|date=7. november 2020|access-date=7. november 2020|work=[[Fox News]][[Fox News]]|last1=Steinhauser|first1=Paul|last2=Singman|first2=Brooke|archive-date=7. november 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107164300/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-wins-presidency-trump-fox-news-projects|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US|last1=Lemire|first1=Jonathan|last2=Miller|first2=Zeke|last3=Weissert|first3=Will|date=8. november 2020|url=https://apnews.com/article/Biden-Trump-US-election-2020-results-fd58df73aa677acb74fce2a69adb71f9|access-date=7. november 2020|work=[[Associated Press]]|archive-date=7. november 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107135716/https://apnews.com/article/Biden-Trump-US-election-2020-results-fd58df73aa677acb74fce2a69adb71f9/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-defeats-trump-win-white-house-nbc-news-projects-n1246912|title=Biden defeats Trump to win White House, NBC News projects|first1=Adam|last1=Edelman|work=[[NBC News]]|date=7. november 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/2020-election-live-updates-2020-11-07/|title=Biden wins White House after taking Pennsylvania|work=[[CBS News]]|last1=Becket|first1=Stefan|display-authors=et al|date=7. november 2020}}</ref>
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