The security of the US Capitol has been strengthened amid rumors that former US President Donald Trump will take office again on the 4th (local time).
The Michigan National Guard and congressional police guarding the US Capitol are guarding the area around the Capitol in accordance with reinforced alert guidelines on the 3rd (local time). Congressional police said they had obtained information about the recent militia invasion to the Capitol. AP=Yonhap News
According to foreign media, the US Congressional Police said on the 3rd that “we got information showing a conspiracy to invade the Capitol on the 4th by a group of confirmed militias,” and that it has strengthened congressional security. They then explained that they installed structures around the capitol to build perimeter and increase manpower, and implemented security upgrades in cooperation with government partners. The threat came about two months after thousands of Trump supporters raided the Capitol on January 6th.
Parliamentary police officers armed with guns and patrolling the Capitol. AP=Yonhap News
Michigan National Guard and Congressional Police guard the Capitol. AP=Yonhap News
Theorists of the US far-right conspiracy group “Curenan” believe that former President Trump will return as president on the 4th, CNN said. The presidential inauguration date originally set by the US Congress was March 4, but it was changed to January 20 in accordance with Article 20 of the Amendment, ratified in 1933. Between 1793 and 1933, inauguration ceremonies were often held on or around March 4th.
The US Capitol has been locked up in iron fences and barbed wire from January 6 to the present day. AP=Yonhap News
State National Guard guards the US Capitol. AP=Yonhap News
US congressional police officers are working on the steps of the Capitol Hill, where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others are scheduled to hold a press conference on the 3rd. AP=Yonhap News
The courtyard of the US Capitol is empty. Vigilance is being strengthened with information that there may be a militia invasion. AP=Yonhap News
A Washington citizen jogging by the fence that surrounds the US Capitol. AFP=Yonhap News
In this situation, the House of Representatives decided to shorten the schedule it had originally set up to the 4th. It was in response to a warning from the authorities that the intrusion to the Capitol could be rekindled. The House of Representatives was scheduled to deal with a police reform bill triggered by the case of George Floyd, a black man who was strangled by a white policeman on the 4th, but the schedule was pulled to the evening of the 3rd. About 300 participants have been prosecuted so far in connection with the intrusion to the Capitol Hill. Five people, including the congressional police, were killed in this incident.
On January 6, thousands of supporters of President Trump broke into the Capitol. AP=Yonhap News
On January 6th, supporters of former President Trump intrude into the Capitol.
America has yet to escape from this nightmare.
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