An Illinois judge disqualifies Trump from voting for his support of the Capitol insurrection. It is the third state to remove its name from the ballot, although the decisions have been suspended pending the former president's appeal and for the Supreme Court to rule on Colorado's challenge.

Trump's harangue to his supporters that preceded the assault on the headquarters of Congress was based on unfounded accusations of electoral fraud in 2020 with the aim of preventing the certification of Biden's electoral victory. Trump gave an incendiary speech that day, encouraging his followers to go to the Capitol and “fight like hell” Afterwards, he inhibited himself for hours and, despite still being acting president of the country, he did not act on requests for intervention to stop their acts of violence.