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With barricades around the Capitol and increased surveillance, the capital prepares for the inauguration of Joe Biden Barricades are erected behind a new fence around the Capitol after Wednesday’s assault. Photo: MICHAEL REYNOLDS / EFE
Law enforcement agencies in Washington DC are on high alert after the attack on the United States Capitol, perpetrated by Trump supporters in protest of the election result.
CBS News learned that some of the rioters involved in Wednesday’s attack have remained in the area and authorities are concerned that p They may be planning more attacks in the city and on federal buildings.
Police and FBI are searching the city’s airports and hotels for the rioters who looted the Capitol.
More of 50 people have already been indicted for crimes related to violence .
In social networks, there has been talk that the next objective is the inauguration.
A white supremacist Telegram channel posted a reminder that on the day of the Joe Biden’s inauguration is the 20 January: “That’s the next date on the calendar when Trump supporters and other nationalist crowds will potentially converge on Capitol Hill again. ”
Washington DC Police released Thursday photos of some of the rioters who are wanted to charge them for the violence on Capitol Hill, which included breaking windows, destroying offices of Congress and fight the police inside and outside the building. They had, what appeared to be, free rein on the Capitol, even in the office of the president Nancy Pelosi, where a protester left a message that read: “We will not back down.”
To avoid chaos and destruction repeat, Secretary of the Army, Ryan D. McCarthy, said that the Capitol will be fortified with fences .
Now there is Thousands of National Guard troops deployed to DC to help protect the city.
The National Guard continues to protect the Capitol after the assault. / Photo: MICHAEL REYNOLDS / EFE Tom Warrick, A former counterterrorism official for the Department of Homeland Security, told CBS News that the disturbances on the Capitol were a book definition of domestic terrorism text.
“An assault on the Capitol in a attempt to disrupt federal elections by counting ballots is really an act of domestic terrorism and should really be condemned as such by all ”, Warrick said.
>> Why the assault to the Capitol is not a coup but brings the US closer to fragile democracies >> 3 possible scenarios of the political crisis in Est United after the Trump supporters’ assault on the Capitol >> They launch harsh criticism of the police action during the violent assault on the Capitol Capitol Police is being criticized for what members of Congress have called a total failure and are calling for an investigation into what went wrong . At the height of the attack, Capitol Police said they also responded to two different reports of homemade bombs. Their ability to maneuver Sold out. Sixty officers were injured.
Veteran FBI Agent Tom O’Connor told CBS News that more force was needed early on. “I don’t care who you are, you fear for your own life because, in reality, anything could have happened from that crowd. Anything, a pipe, a gun, anything, ”O’Connor said.
Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chad F. Wolf said in a statement that condemns the violence on Capitol Hill: “What happened yesterday was tragic and disgusting. While I have always condemned political violence on both sides of the aisle, specifically violence directed at law enforcement, we now see some supporters of the president using violence as a means to political ends. This is Unacceptable. These violent actions are inconceivable, and I implore the President and all elected officials to strongly condemn the violence that took place yesterday. ”
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