Jan. 6 updates: Biden tears into Trump for inciting Capitol attack

As lawmakers returned the evening of Jan. 6 to certify the election following the attack, then-Vice President Mike Pence tweeted his thanks last year to the law enforcement officers who kept him safe, showing how he was rushed to a Capitol Hill parking garage during the attack.

In the subsequent weeks, video played at Trump’s second impeachment trial revealed just how close the rioters came -- some within 100 feet of Pence and his family, who were forced to take shelter in the Capitol.

In an interview with Trump for his book "Betrayal," ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl asked Trump at Mar-a-Lago last March if he was worried about the safety of his vice president.

"No, I thought he was well-protected," Trump said. "And I had heard that he was in good shape.”

When asked directly about the "’Hang Mike Pence’” chants on tape, Trump said, "Well, the people were very angry. Because it's -- it's common sense, Jon, it's common sense, that you're supposed to protect -- How can you, if you know a vote is fraudulent, right — how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to Congress?"

There is no evidence to support Trump’s claims that he won the election over Biden, despite dozens of failed court battles last year.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is expected to appear with Pelosi at the day's events, has tied the anniversary to a push for voting rights legislation that the House passed last year but which is stalled in the Senate.

Voting rights will also be a portion of Biden’s speech, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki.

More than a third of all restrictive voting laws enacted since 2011 were passed in 2021, according to an analysis by the Brennan Center for Justice.

At least 19 states enacted 34 laws restricting access to voting in 2021, as of Dec. 7. More than 440 bills with provisions that restrict voting access were introduced in 49 states in 2021, according to an analysis by the Brennan Center for Justice.

While Democrats take a lead on the day’s ceremonies, Republican leaders are not expected to be at the Capitol.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is instead planning to attend the funeral of late GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson in Georgia. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has repeatedly accused Democrats of politicizing the day after saying on Jan. 6, 2021, on the House floor that "President Trump bears responsibility" for the "attack on Congress by mob rioters."

Trump on Tuesday canceled a planned press conference for Thursday from Mar-a-Lago, while House Republicans will be at home "talking to their constituents about things that actually affect them" like inflation and high gas prices, according to a House Republican leadership aide.

-ABC News’ Benjamin Siegel

In his speech scheduled for 9 a.m. inside the Capitol's Statutory Hall, Biden will address the "singular responsibility" then-President Donald Trump had "for the chaos and carnage" witnessed on Jan. 6, White House press secretary Jen Psaki previewed Wednesday.

"And he will forcibly push back on the lie spread by the former president in an attempt to mislead the American people and his own supporters as well as distract from his role and what happened," Psaki said.

She declined to say whether Biden would call Trump by name but said that "people will know who he’s referring to."

"He sees Jan. 6 as a tragic culmination of what those four years under President Trump did to our country and they reflected the importance to the president of winning what he has called many times and you've heard him call many times the soul, the battle for the soul of our nation," Psaki added.