This man erected a 15-foot Constitution on the National Mall the same day rioters stormed the Capitol
James Epley says he wanted to defend the constitution. So he filed a permit for a spot on the National Mall, drove in from South Carolina and assembled a massive one
Author: Eliana Block
Updated: 10:16 AM EST January 8, 2021
WASHINGTON — Counting the electoral ballots was supposed to be a rudimentary procedure, one of those ancient ceremonies that doesn't make much news. Tellers would read aloud the electoral votes from each state and the candidate that had the majority would be announced by Vice President Pence as the next president of the United States.