A member of the Capitol Police talks with Supreme Court Police by members of the National Guard, as military personnel work by anti-scaling security fencing on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, in Washington.(AP)
"I'm not concerned as a large part of our organisation, if you look at 25,000, we've had 12 identified and some of those they are just looking into, it may be unrelated to this, but we want to make sure out of an abundance of caution as I stated earlier that we do the right thing until that gets cleared up."
The news comes as there are now approximately 25,000 National Guard troops on the ground in Washington, DC ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.