Roughly 10,000-15,000 troops will be in Washington, D.C., by this weekend as part of the heightened
Roughly 10,000-15,000 troops will be in Washington, D.C., by this weekend as part of the heightened security measures the District is taking before Inauguration Day, according to Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the chief of the National Guard Bureau. About 6,200 D.C. National Guard troops began arriving Wednesday in light of the recent domestic terrorist attack at the U.S. Capitol, but even more are expected ahead of the official swearing-in ceremony. The number of military personnel in D.C. by this weekend will be more than the total number of troops currently overseas in Iraq and Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the FBI has also issued a warning to all state legislatures to brace for potential violence and armed protests at each of their state capitols. ‘Armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capitols from 16 January through at least 20 January, and at the US Capitol from 17 January through 20 January,’ according to an FBI bulletin obtained by ABC News. Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has also suggested Americans across the country avoid the District for the next week leading up to Inauguration Day. ‘Trumpism won’t die on January 20,’ Bowser said, adding that she hopes to ‘encourage Americans to participate virtually and to protect the District of Columbia from a repeat of the violent insurrection experienced at the Capitol and its grounds on January 6.’ -- source link