The U.S. Capitol riot and American democracy one year later
On Jan. 6, 2021 \u2014 the same day Joe Biden\u2019s presidential win was to be certified \u2014 an angry mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. At least four people died, dozens were injured and the country's worsening political divisions were exposed. \n \nIn the days and months that followed, the events of Jan. 6 have been debated, disputed and broadly characterized as a threat to American democracy. To get to the bottom of how it happened and who was responsible, a bipartisan committee made up of seven Democrats and two Republicans was established to investigate.\n \nToday on Front Burner we\u2019re talking to longtime Washington correspondent Paul Hunter about what that investigation hopes to accomplish and to take the pulse of American democracy one year later.