Demonstrators walk through the U.S. Capitol after breaching barricades to the building during a protest outside of in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. The U.S. Capitol was placed under lockdown and Vice President Mike Pence left the floor of Congress as hundreds of protesters swarmed past barricades surrounding the building where lawmakers were debating Joe Biden’s victory in the Electoral College. Photo: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg
Calls for President Donald Trump’s removal from office erupted Wednesday after hundreds of his supporters violently stormed the U.S. Capitol building as lawmakers attempted to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s win in the presidential election. And bar leaders in Pennsylvania were not silent as events unfolded.
Both the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association issued statements Wednesday condemning the attack and calling on elected leaders, including Trump, to also condemn the violence.
“Prior claims of election impropriety were investigated. Multiple courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court and our courts in Pennsylvania, weighed in on multiple lawsuits. All were thrown out because no significant voter fraud was found,” Schwager said in a press statement. “We must come together as a country to recognize that the 2020 election was conducted fairly and cease the veiled comments and unfounded theories that are meant to incite anger and, as seen today, violence. We must remember that our democracy depends upon our following of the rule of law.”
