What Congress was doing at the time was arguing about whether or not a special commission should be established to investigate the election before certifying. T

What Congress was doing at the time was arguing about whether or not a special commission should be established to investigate the election before certifying. They had not yet begun the process of counting the votes (so that is not what was interrupted) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EQfUbE4bL8&t=10800s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EQfUbE4bL8&t=10800s this fact is often lost to the sands of time; had the capitol not been invaded, it is likely that the republican majority senate would have convened a special commission. really, it was a stroke of luck for the democrats what happened.