Capitol Police Warning Of Plot By Militia Group To Breach Capitol - Washington DC, DC - The U.S. Capitol Police Department has obtained intelligence that shows a possible plot to breach the Capitol complex on Thursday.
By Cristina Marcos - 03/02/21 03:07 PM EST
The top security official overseeing the House informed lawmakers this week that security will be heightened on Thursday due to a QAnon-linked conspiracy theory that former President Trump
Acting Sergeant-at-Arms Timothy Blodgett said in a memo that Capitol Police will have additional personnel on duty throughout the Capitol grounds in addition to the continued National Guard presence.
But Blodgett said that the significance of the date has reportedly declined amongst various groups in recent days and said that Capitol Police at this time has no indication that groups will travel to Washington D.C. to protest or commit acts of violence.
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The single article charges Trump with willfully inciting violence against the government of the United States.
The trial phase puts Senate Republicans in a jam, forced to choose between defending their party’s standard-bearer or sending a message to future presidents that encouraging mobs to nullify state-certified elections won’t go unpunished. Adding to the pressure on GOP senators has been the long list of Republican figures outside Congress voicing outrage at Trump’s actions.
“What we had was an incitement to riot at the United States Capitol. We had people killed, and to me there’s not a whole lot of question here,” former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie