Conservative online forums have begun to encourage supporters of President Donald Trump to rally with weapons across the country and again on Capitol Hill to oppose Democrat Joe Biden’s inauguration next week, even though the US capital will be foreclosed on . with more than 10,000 National Guard members to avoid scenes like that of the attack on January 6.
As reported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in a bulletin, they have received information about ‘armed protests’ planned in all 50 states of the country between the 16th and the 20th, when Biden takes office, which is what Trump and his supporters have. claim he won with fraud, something they have not proven.
The FBI has information on an identified armed group that plans to travel to Washington on January 16. They have warned that if Congress tries to remove the president (Trump) through the 25th amendment, there will be a major uprising. come ”, explains the circular.
Following the attack on the Capitol on Wednesday, which killed four protesters, including a woman who died of a shot in the neck, and who is behind the deaths of two Capitol Police officers, other groups are expected to attempt between January 17 and 20. to besiege the headquarters of the legislature again.
Democratic lawmakers are pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment to disqualify Trump with the support of the executive cabinet, or will impeach the president starting Wednesday for “inciting violence against the government.”
Next January 20 is Biden’s inauguration ceremony, an event that traditionally gathers thousands on the National Mall’s esplanade, in front of the Capitol, where the new president must swear office in front of American power. .
But this time, more than ever before in the history of the United States, the tension is forcing us to exercise more caution to the point that Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser recommended this Monday not to take to the streets at the ceremony because up to 15,000 National Guard personnel deployed from various states will be deployed, more than three times the number of soldiers currently deployed in Afghanistan.
U.S. authorities at the local and federal levels don’t want to be surprised again by a violent mob of Trumpists as happened last Wednesday, when Capitol police were immediately overwhelmed by hundreds of protesters summoned by the president to march to the Capitol to protest the U.S. certification of Biden’s election victory, which took place at the time in a joint session of the two houses.
The outburst of protesters, which heated up the January 6 rally that Trump had called for weeks and that linked political organizers to Trumpism, is seen as a colossal security and coordination error between Pentagon authorities, the city of Washington and of the Capitol Police, in charge of security at the Legislative Headquarters.
Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund, forced to resign due to the security fiasco, said Monday he had asked the District of Columbia National Guard Detachment to be alerted before the Trumpists arrived on Jan. 6. But that request was denied by the Pentagon and those responsible for the security of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
In the midst of an emergency, as a result of the capture of the Capitol, which forced the Vice President, Mike Pence, and lawmakers to seek refuge in the bowels of the labyrinthine Capitol or in offices behind furniture barricades, it was the local police of Washington and federal agencies like the FBI. who came to the rescue.
According to Sund, at 2 p.m. just as the Capitol’s security perimeter was starting to fall, the Pentagon declined a request to deploy the National Guard, despite Trump assuring Thursday that he needed the immediate presence of this force. army.
Several US media assure that it was Vice President Pence who requested the intervention of the National Guard, which must be approved by the White House in the case of the federal capital.
Sund said in an interview with The New York Times that if the agencies responsible for security don’t agree on what happened last week, “it will happen again” during Biden’s inauguration.
The president-elect assured this Monday that he is not afraid to appear before the public on the steps of the Capitol next Wednesday, as tradition dictates, despite the alert atmosphere prevailing in the country.
The FBI has information on plans from some ultra-conservative groups that have asked to attack state, local, judicial and other administrative centers to show their opposition to Biden’s nomination, which they view as electoral theft, as Trump has since falsely has claimed. from November.