Key significant dates before Trump’s second term as US president

Harapandaily
  • Nov. 26: Trump, the first sitting or former US president to be convicted of a crime, is due to be sentenced in a Manhattan hush money case where he was found guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence a porn star. Trump has denied wrongdoing. Sentencing was originally due to take place on Sept. 18.
  • Dec. 11: States must submit certified slates of presidential electors by this date to the Archivist of the United States as part of a 2022 federal law intended to avoid a repeat of the chaos after Trump’s attempts to overturn his 2020 defeat.
  • Dec. 17: Electors, who together form the Electoral College, meet in their respective states and the District of Columbia to select the president and vice president.
  • Dec. 25: The electoral votes must be received by this date by the president of the Senate – a role held by the vice president, currently Harris – and the Archivist.
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  • Jan. 6: Vice President Harris presides over the Electoral College vote count at a joint session of Congress, announces the results and declares who has been elected.
  • Jan. 20: Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance will take their respective oaths of office during a swearing-in ceremony that is due to begin at 12 p.m.