By Costas Pitas
(Reuters) – US President-elect Donald Trump will take office on January 20 after defeating Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in November’s presidential election.
Here’s the timeline of events from now until Inauguration Day:
in 2025
January 6: Harris presides over the counting of Electoral College votes in a joint session of Congress, announces the results and announces who was elected.
Ahead of the count on January 6, 2021, then-President Trump blasted his Vice President, Mike Pence, for refusing to try to prevent Congress from confirming President Joe Biden’s victory.
That day, Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to stop the count. Biden’s victory was confirmed early the next day.
Congress has since passed reforms that require the approval of one-fifth of the House and Senate to consider challenges to state records — a much higher threshold than existed before, when at least one member each of the Senate and House of Representatives could file a challenge together.
January 20: Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will be sworn in during a swearing-in ceremony scheduled to begin at 12 noon ET (1700 GMT).
