Four years ago today, true American patriots and citizens watched in horror as live-news feeds showed an unthinkable assault on the U.S. Capitol, the very seat of our shared democracy. Adding to the surreal situation was that the then-sitting U.S. president, who had lost a free-and-fair election so was on his way out, fell silent as the charge unfolded. Further, it seemed to many that he had fomented and encouraged the unrest.