Groups rebels want to ‘blow up’ the Capitol When the President of the United States, Joe Biden, gave a speech to lawmakers, the Acting Police Chief of the building housing that country’s Congress, Yogananda Pittman.
According to the Capitol Police Authority, that appeared before a subcommittee of the House of Representatives, These groups were present in the chaos that ensued in that building when Congress gathered to ratify Biden’s election victory, a fact that caused the death of five people, including a police officer on duty.
“We know members of the militia were present on January 6 have expressed their wish that they want to blow up the Capitol and kill as many members (of Congress) as possible, with a State of the Union link, which we know has not yet set a date, ” Pittman said in the appearance about the attack on the legislative building.
It was precisely January 6 when hundreds of followers of former President Donald Trump forcibly entered Congress, breaking into the offices of several lawmakers, manipulating documents and stealing items from the landmark building.
All of this happened after a speech by the former president, who did not recognize his responsibility for disturbing the order and was later acquitted in a political trial in this case.
Based on the information they have, Pittman thought it “wise” that the Capitol Police enforce security measures.
After the attack on Congress Headquarters, authorities placed several fences around the compound and deployed members of the National Guard, as well as a military body on the reservation.
Pittman stressed that the extremists who stormed the Capitol were not only interested in attacking lawmakers and security agents.
“They wanted to send a symbolic message to the nation who was in charge of the legislative process“he warned.
Pittman, who replaced former Capitol police chief Steven Sund after his dismissal after the chaos, said the intelligence gathered before that attack showed no “credible threats.”
“It has been suggested that the department (which he heads) did not know or ignore crucial intelligence who indicated that there would be an attack of the magnitude we witnessed on January 6, “the official said, adding that such information never existed.
He added that “while we knew about the likelihood of violence by extremists, there is no credible threat indicated that tens of thousands would attack the Capitol from the United States, or intelligence received by the FBI, or another security partner indicated such a threat. “
The official also pointed out that they estimate that there were 10,000 pro-Trump protesters near the Capitol on January 6, and that about 800 broke into the interior, compared to the 1,200 officers who worked to secure the fence that day. to ensure. .
Biden’s Address to the Capitol
According to the US media, Biden is expected to deliver his speech, similar to that of the State of the Union, which is held before lawmakers when he celebrates a year in power. The president wants to send a message to explain his government plans and the achievements of his administration in the first weeks.
It is expected a joint session of Congress, after the legislature approved a third economic bailout for the coronavirus pandemic.
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