Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington, DC, said her team is “extremely concerned” about security before President-elect Joe Biden took office on January 20, following the US Capitol violence, in a letter to the Department’s acting secretary. Homeland Security, Chad Wolf.
Bowser on Saturday asked the Department of Homeland Security to “adjust its approach to tenure”, including extending the Special National Security Event to last from January 11 to 24 (the current period is January 19 to 21).
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Bowser is also requesting a pre-disaster statement under Stafford for possession, and Boswer asked the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate with other departments, including the Department of Justice.
“We strongly believe that the 59th presidential inauguration on January 20 will require a very different approach from previous inaugurations, due to the chaos, injuries and death experienced on the United States Capitol during the insurrection,” wrote Bowser.
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Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer, DN.Y., voiced his concerns in a statement after his conversation with FBI director Christopher Wray on Saturday.
“The threat from violent extremist groups remains high and the next few weeks are critical in our democratic process with the next inauguration on the United States Capitol to swear on President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris,” said Schumer.
“Given that the same incendiary and dangerous online rhetoric that occurred before January 6, which proved to be a warning of the insurrectionary attack, has only increased since then, I have impressed Director Wray on the vitality of the FBI to work with other federal and state agents as agencies must remain highly proactive and extremely vigilant to defend our democracy, ”he continued.
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Meanwhile, Dep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., told ABC “This Week” that the Capitol Police had “potentially compromised elements” and demanded an investigation of what went wrong on January 6.
“We need to review what really happened on Wednesday, the National Guard was requested by the DC Council and was rejected,” she said on Sunday. “We are talking and hearing about a total and absolute lack of preparation.”
“The head of the DC Capitol Police lied to the Mayor of the City, Zoe Lofgren, about the preparations for what happened,” she continued. “We need to know what happened and how deep it is going. And if we don’t and if we don’t take corrective action now, we’re talking about those same potentially compromised elements being in charge of the president’s security during the inauguration.”
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Capitol Chief of Police Steven Sund announced his resignation on Thursday, the day after protesters violated the Capitol, stormed his officers and led to convictions of lawmakers on both sides of the Washington corridor, including a request for he stepped down as mayor, Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. His last day was Friday.
Michael Ruiz and Chad Pergram of Fox News contributed to this report.