Washington DC, SAEDNEWS, Jan. 11: The mayor of Washington, DC has asked for security to be bolstered during United States President-elect Joe Biden’s January 20 inauguration in the US capital after deadly violence on Capitol Hill last week.
In a letter to the US Department of Homeland Security dated January 9 and shared on Twitter on Sunday, Muriel Bowser said that “a very different” approach must be taken during Biden’s inauguration “given the chaos, injury, and death experienced” at the Capitol on January 6.
Five people, including a local police officer, died after supporters of Donald Trump, spurred by the US president’s false claims that November’s election was stolen from him, overran the Capitol building as Congress met to vote to confirm Biden’s election victory.
In the letter, Bowser asked the department to extend emergency provisions to allow federal and local agencies to better prepare for the inauguration.
She requested daily intelligence and threat briefings from the FBI from January 11 to January 24, and for all public gathering permits be cancelled and denied during that period (Source: AlJazeera).
Trump's Speech in Georgia Triggers Massive Violence in Washington DC
