A former federal appeals judge has been working behind the scenes for months to help the country avoid another Jan. 6 attack, and he expects that effort to pass Congress next week. 

“You had [former President Donald] Trump leading the riot on the Capitol to do what the existing Electoral Count Act allowed, letting Congress decide the president,” said Judge Michael Luttig, who retired from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 2006. There are rumors on the hill that the ECA could be added to the Senate’s version of a short-term funding bill.

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