They also sent more special forces elements. Photo: MICHAEL REYNOLDS / EFE
Following various requests, the National Guard will be moved to the United States Capitol, after the arrival of supporters of the president Donald Trump .
Both the Mayor of Washington DC, Muriel Bowser, and the Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi , asked the National Guard for their deployment.
First reports indicated that there was a negative about the deployment, but the C-SPAN news service confirmed that there was a deployment response, to secure the property.
It is not clear where and when the sessions of the House of Representatives and the Senate will be resumed, which carried out the certification of the Electoral College vote , which awarded the Democrat a victory Joe Biden .
NBC News reported that the Governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam, also said he would send the National Guard to his state. They are expected to be some 200 elements.
The protests of supporters of President Trump turned violent, after the president’s speech, where he insisted on electoral fraud and asked his supporters to defend his victory, in addition to affirming that he would not recognize President-elect Biden.
Mayor Bowser imposed a curfew beginning at 6: 00 pm and until 6: 00 am on January 7 , which means that nobody can walk or circulate on the streets.