FBI Warns of Armed Group Traveling to DC Later This Week - Reporthttps://twitter.com/AaronKatersky/status/1348675941309034496 According to ABC News, the FBI has sent a bulleting saying the bureau has “received information about an identified armed group intending to travel to Washington, DC on 16 January.”
The FBI said the group has warned that attempts to remove Donald Trump from office will result in “a huge uprising”.
The report comes amid intensifying concerns about violence around Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, after a mob stormed the US Capitol.
The mayor of Washington, Muriel Bowser, said today that she has asked the interior department to cancel any public gathering permits in the city from today until January 24.
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Alert: FBI Reports Armed Protests Planned for All 50 Stateshttps://mobile.twitter.com/JoshMargolin/status/1348672731286532096https://www.insidernj.com/alert-fbi-reports-armed-protests-planned-50-states/‘FBI now reports in a bulletin ‘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.”
The FBI is seeking information that will assist in identifying individuals who are actively instigating violence in Washington, DC. The FBI is accepting tips and digital media depicting rioting and violence in the U.S. Capitol Building and surrounding area in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021.
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Mayor Bowser Urges People to Avoid DC as National Guard Plans to Have Up to 15,000 Troops In Cityhttps://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/01/11/politics/bowser-avoid-dc-biden-inauguration/index.htmlWashington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser on Monday urged Americans to avoid the city during President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration next week and to participate virtually following last week's deadly domestic terror attack on the US Capitol.
Meanwhile, the National Guard has plans to have up to 15,000 National Guard troops to meet current and future requests for the inauguration, Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, said Monday. The dramatic increase in troops comes as law enforcement in the nation's capital and around the country brace for further extremist violence amid the transition of power.
Speaking at a news conference Monday, Bowser stressed that she was concerned about more violent actors potentially coming to the city in the run-up to the inauguration, saying, "if I'm scared of anything, it's for our democracy, because we have very extreme factions in our country that are armed and dangerous."
"Trumpism won't die on January 20," said Bowser, who has asked Trump and acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf to declare a pre-disaster declaration for DC.
The mayor ultimately assessed in a letter to Trump over the weekend that despite the security assets the city has in place, "significant preparedness gaps remain that cannot be remedied without this emergency declaration and direct federal assistance."
Currently there 6,200 National Guard members who already been mobilized in the wake of last week's attack on the Capitol by pro-Trump supporters.
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