Inauguration of Donald Trump

== Protests and demonstrations ==
{{Further|Protests against Donald Trump#Presidential inauguration}}
[[File:Protesters Take to Parade Route.webm|thumb|Protesters in Washington D.C. at Trump's inauguration]]
[[File:Womens March on Washington.jpg|thumb|Demonstration in Washington D.C.]]
As of mid-December, there were 20 requests for demonstration permits for Trump's inauguration, including {{vanchor|Bikers for Trump}}, and the [[2017 Women's March|Women's March on Washington]], which took place the day after inauguration day.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/us/politics/womens-march-bikers-trump.html|title=Women's March and Bikers for Trump Claim Inaugural Demonstration Spots.|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 12, 2016 |access-date=December 12, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213190654/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/us/politics/womens-march-bikers-trump.html|archive-date=December 13, 2016|last1=Rogers |first1=Katie }}</ref> Supported by nearly 200 activist groups and organizations, and drawing an estimated three times as many participants as the inauguration,<ref name="nyt average" /> the Women's March demonstrated on racial and gender equality, affordable healthcare, abortion rights and voting rights.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump inauguration boycott escalates|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38656271|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=January 17, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118095753/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38656271|archive-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref>

Bikers for Trump was founded by Chris Cox in 2016. The goal of the group was to ride to [[Cleveland, Oh|Cleveland, OH]] on their motorcycles to assist with the [[2016 Republican National Convention|Republican National Convention]] and rally behind Trump.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Brent |last2=Laffin |first2=Ben |date=2016-07-19 |title=Video: Donald Trump's Biker Force |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000004538693/donald-trumps-biker-force.html |access-date=2023-10-31 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Inskeep |first=Steve |date=30 May 2016 |title='Bikers For Trump' Leader Says Candidate Has 'Untied The Tongue Of America' |url=https://www.npr.org/2016/05/30/479995857/bikers-for-trump-at-rolling-thunder-rally-endorse-donald-trump |website=[[NPR]]}}</ref>

Protests occurred during the inauguration ceremonies in Washington, D.C. The vast majority of protesters, several thousand in all, were peaceful.<ref>{{cite web |first=Jana |last=Kasperkevic |url=http://wgntv.com/2017/01/21/hundreds-of-peaceful-trump-protests-overshadowed-by-violent-acts-arrests/ |title=Hundreds of peaceful Trump protests overshadowed by violent acts, arrests |publisher=WGN TV |date=January 21, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123082255/http://wgntv.com/2017/01/21/hundreds-of-peaceful-trump-protests-overshadowed-by-violent-acts-arrests/ |archive-date=January 23, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="KeslinTaudeAvila">{{cite web |first1=Ben |last1=Kesling |first2=Bryton |last2=Tau |first3=Joseph |last3=de Avila |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-protests-in-washington-violent-ahead-of-trump-wearing-in-1484932391 |title=Inaugural Protests, Largely Peaceful, Marred by Sporadic Violence |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=January 21, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310015519/https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-protests-in-washington-violent-ahead-of-trump-wearing-in-1484932391 |archive-date=March 10, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="DwyerDomonokse">{{cite web |first1=Colin |last1=Dwyer |first2=Camila |last2=Domonokse |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/20/510770716/in-d-c-group-of-protesters-breaks-windows-police-use-pepper-spray |title=In D.C., Group Of Protesters Breaks Windows; Police Use Pepper Spray |publisher=[[NPR]]|date=January 20, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122141854/http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/20/510770716/in-d-c-group-of-protesters-breaks-windows-police-use-pepper-spray |archive-date=January 22, 2017 }}</ref> [[DisruptJ20]] protesters linked arms at security checkpoints and attempted to shut them down.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Laughland |first1=Oliver |last2=Siddiqui |first2=Sabrina |last3=Gambino |first3=Lauren |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/20/inauguration-protesters-police-washington-dc |title=Inauguration protests: more than 200 demonstrators arrested in Washington |date=January 20, 2017 |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=January 22, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122084533/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/20/inauguration-protesters-police-washington-dc |archive-date=January 22, 2017 }}</ref> Some elements of the protesters were [[black bloc]] groups and self described [[anarchism|anarchists]], and engaged in sporadic acts of vandalism, [[rioting]], and violence.<ref name="DwyerDomonokse" /><ref name="LawlerTelegraph">{{cite web | last1=Lawler | first1=David | title=Donald Trump Protests: Limo 'Set on Fire' and 217 Arrested as Police use Tear Gas on Black-Clad Activists | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/20/anti-donald-trump-activists-try-block-access-inauguration/ | date=January 21, 2017 | work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | access-date=January 20, 2017 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120151811/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/20/anti-donald-trump-activists-try-block-access-inauguration/ | archive-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last1=Vargas | first1=Theresa | last2=Hartz | first2=Taylor | last3=Hermann | first3=Peter | title=Inauguration Protesters Vandalize, Set Fires, Try to Disrupt Trump's Oath, as Police Arrest More than 200 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/protesters-bring-shouts-skirmishes-and-shutdowns-to-inauguration-celebration/2017/01/20/00ea4c72-df11-11e6-acdf-14da832ae861_story.html | date=January 20, 2017 | newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] | access-date=January 20, 2017 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120152803/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/protesters-bring-shouts-skirmishes-and-shutdowns-to-inauguration-celebration/2017/01/20/00ea4c72-df11-11e6-acdf-14da832ae861_story.html | archive-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref> Six police officers sustained minor injuries, and at least one other person was injured.<ref name="KeslinTaudeAvila" /><ref name="DwyerDomonokse" /><ref>{{cite web | last1=Krieg | first1=Gregory | title=Police Injured, More than 200 Arrested at Trump Inauguration Protests | url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/19/politics/trump-inauguration-protests-womens-march/ | date=January 21, 2017 | publisher=[[CNN]]| access-date=January 21, 2017 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122141905/http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/19/politics/trump-inauguration-protests-womens-march | archive-date=January 22, 2017}}</ref>

A total of 234 people were arrested and charged with rioting, launching controversial trials that gave rise to allegations that the government was overreaching.<ref name="AlexanderJuly2018">Keith L. Alexander, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/federal-prosecutors-abruptly-dismiss-all-remaining-inauguration-day-rioting-cases/2018/07/06/d7055ffe-7ee8-11e8-bb6b-c1cb691f1402_story.html Federal prosecutors abruptly dismiss all remaining Inauguration Day rioting cases] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706203559/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/federal-prosecutors-abruptly-dismiss-all-remaining-inauguration-day-rioting-cases/2018/07/06/d7055ffe-7ee8-11e8-bb6b-c1cb691f1402_story.html |date=July 6, 2018 }}, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' (July 6, 2018).</ref> Ultimately, 21 defendants pleaded guilty, and all other defendants were either [[acquitted]] or had charges dropped by prosecutors; the government failed to obtain a guilty verdict at any trial.<ref name="AlexanderJuly2018"/> In December 2017, the first six people to be tried in connection with the events of January 20 were acquitted by a jury of all charges.<ref name="AlexanderSilverman">Keith L. Alexander and Ellie Silverman, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/the-first-of-six-people-on-trial-in-violent-inauguration-day-protests-is-found-not-guilty/2017/12/21/6c97fd84-ded9-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html Not-guilty verdicts for first six people on trial in violent Inauguration Day protests] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320170020/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/the-first-of-six-people-on-trial-in-violent-inauguration-day-protests-is-found-not-guilty/2017/12/21/6c97fd84-ded9-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html |date=March 20, 2018 }}, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' (December 20, 2017).</ref> Twenty other defendants pleaded guilty and prosecutors dropped cases against 20 others.<ref name="AlexanderSilverman"/> In January 2018, prosecutors dropped charges against 129 other defendants.<ref>Emily Shugerman, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/j20-trump-protests-latest-trial-charges-dropped-justice-department-a8167011.html J20 protests: Justice Department drops charges against 129 people involved in Trump inauguration day demonstrations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320122501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/j20-trump-protests-latest-trial-charges-dropped-justice-department-a8167011.html |date=March 20, 2018 }}, ''[[The Independent]]'' (January 18, 2018).</ref> In May 2018, prosecutors dropped charges against seven more defendants, after the court found that prosecution had intentionally made misrepresentations to the court and hidden exculpatory evidence from defendants in violation of the [[Brady rule|''Brady'' rule]],<ref>Keith L. Alexander, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/prosecutors-withdraw-inauguration-day-rioting-charges-against-7-people/2018/05/31/2dbb824c-6404-11e8-99d2-0d678ec08c2f_story.html Inauguration Day rioting charges dropped against 7 defendants] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603104911/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/prosecutors-withdraw-inauguration-day-rioting-charges-against-7-people/2018/05/31/2dbb824c-6404-11e8-99d2-0d678ec08c2f_story.html |date=June 3, 2018 }}, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' (May 31, 2018).</ref> and prosecutors also reduced charges against others.<ref>Patrick Strickland, [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/j20-trials-charges-dropped-anti-trump-defendants-180601173222390.html J20 trials: Charges dropped for more anti-Trump defendants: Decision comes after prosecution faces several setbacks in trials stemming from protest on Trump's Inauguration Day.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180604011305/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/j20-trials-charges-dropped-anti-trump-defendants-180601173222390.html |date=June 4, 2018 }}, Al Jazeera (June 1, 2018).</ref> Finally, in July 2018, the government dropped charges against all remaining defendants.<ref name="AlexanderJuly2018"/>

Sixty-seven Democratic [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representatives]] declined to attend Trump's inauguration, citing "what they described as his alarming and divisive policies, foreign interference in his election and his criticism of civil rights icon [[John Lewis]], a congressman from Georgia".<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last1=Viebeck|first1=Elise|title=More than 60 Democratic lawmakers now skipping Trump's inauguration|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/16/more-than-30-democratic-lawmakers-now-skipping-trumps-inauguration/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 17, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117194734/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/16/more-than-30-democratic-lawmakers-now-skipping-trumps-inauguration/|archive-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref>