Demonstrators walk through the U.S. Capitol after breaching barricades to the building during a protest outside of in Washington, D.C., on 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
Much of the legal community erupted on Wednesday with calls to remove President Donald Trump 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 associations in Pennsylvania were not silent on the event.
Both the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association released statements strongly condemning the attack Wednesday.
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