The latest news about the attack on the United States Capitol by a crowd of pro-Trump supporters (all local times):
1:15 pm
According to a report in The Washington Post, the FBI had warned that extremists were preparing to go to Washington, attack Congress and engage in “war”.
The report says the alert was issued internally by the FBI’s field office in Norfolk, Virginia, the day before the violent US Capitol rebellion.
The warning directly contradicts statements by the Justice Department and FBI officials that they lacked the intelligence to suggest an attack on the Capitol.
The Post says the memo described how people had been sharing maps of the Capitol tunnels and discussing meeting points to get together to travel to Washington. The newspaper reported that the document detailed posts asking for violence, including that “Congress needs to hear broken glass, doors being kicked and blood from its slave soldiers BLM and Antifa being spilled.”
It also said “go there ready for war”.
The Associated Press did not obtain the document. The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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1:10 pm
Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer said the violence on Capitol Hill shows the need for the Senate to quickly confirm Joe Biden’s national security team on the first day of his government.
Schumer said in a letter to colleagues that the deadly riot on Capitol Hill by a crowd loyal to President Donald Trump last week was “one of the darkest days in American history.”
He said Biden will need “key national security positions on the first day”.
The Senate usually confirms some nominees on the day of the inauguration, January 20, but this year the Senate is also likely to call Trump’s impeachment trial. The House is expected to charge Trump this week on the sole charge of inciting insurrection in the violent riot.
Schumer wants the House to quickly accept nominees for secretary of defense, secretary of homeland security, secretary of state, attorney general and others.
Schumer outlined the party’s agenda, promising to advance Democratic priorities.
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Before the impeachment, the House is accelerating to remove President Donald Trump from office, warning that he is a threat to democracy and putting pressure on the vice president and cabinet to act first in an extraordinary effort to remove Trump in the last days of his presidency. .
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HERE IS HAPPENING:
11:50 am
A total of 15,000 National Guard members have already been activated and will be sent to Washington, DC, to help provide security in preparation for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
The number of Guard members from other states has grown, amid growing fears of more violent protests in the wake of the deadly riot on the US Capitol last week.
Army General Daniel Hokanson, head of the National Guard Department, was given the authority to tap up to 15,000 guards, but said requests for help from the Secret Service, the U.S. Park Police and the Capitol Police have increased this week.
The Army also said on Tuesday that officials are working with the Secret Service to determine which members of the Guard may need additional background screening. Congressman Jason Crow, DC, asked Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy to have the Army Criminal Investigation Command screen the Army Criminal Investigation Command screen to ensure that they were not “sympathetic to domestic terrorists.”
The Army said the CID will not review the entire Guard, but some members may be subject to additional background screening. Traditionally, those who approach the president – or, in this case, the president-elect – are more closely controlled.
So far, officials said they have not yet identified any members of the Guard who participated in the protests, but investigations are ongoing.
In a statement, the Army said the DC National Guard is also providing additional training to troops when they arrive in the city, so that they can identify and report any extremist behavior to their commanders.
The Army also said it is working with the FBI to identify the people who participated in the attack on the Capitol, adding, “any type of activity that involves violence, civil disobedience or breaking the peace can be punishable under the Uniform Military Justice Code. or under state or federal law. ”
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11:15 am
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer is calling on the FBI to add anyone identified as violating the Capitol during last week’s violent riot to the federal air exclusion list.
Schumer sent a letter on Tuesday to FBI director Christopher Wray, saying that the attack on the Capitol while Congress was voting to claim that President-elect Joe Biden’s victory was “domestic terrorism”. He said those who invaded the Capitol should be qualified as “insurrectionists on the no-fly list”.
Schumer told Wray that they too must be fully prosecuted to the full extent of federal law. The letter was obtained by the Associated Press.
The federal air exclusion list is part of the United States government’s Terrorist Screening Database and prohibits anyone who “may pose a threat to civil aviation or national security” from boarding a commercial aircraft. Generally, to be included on the list, the government must have information that the person presents “a threat to commit terrorism” to the aircraft or to the US country or facility.
The air exclusion list is one of the government’s most controversial after September. 11 counterterrorism programs.
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10:55 am
President Donald Trump takes no responsibility for his role in fomenting a violent uprising on the U.S. Capitol last week.
A Capitol policeman died of injuries sustained in the rebellion, and police shot a woman during the violence. Three other people died in what the authorities said were medical emergencies.
Speaking to reporters before traveling to Texas on Tuesday, Trump said his comments to supporters last week were “entirely appropriate”.
Minutes before his supporters invaded the Capitol, Trump encouraged them to march at the nation’s government headquarters where lawmakers were counting Electoral College votes affirming President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Trump, for months, also spread unsubstantiated claims that the November election was fraudulent, despite the conclusions of his own government to the contrary.
As the troublemakers were still on the Capitol, Trump released a video apparently excusing the events, saying of the troublemakers: “We love you. You are very special. “
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10:30 am
President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday at the White House that the prospect of impeachment is causing “huge anger” in the country. But he said he did not want “violence”.
The president spoke when he left for Texas to examine the border wall with Mexico. His comments were the first to reporters since the attack on the Capitol.
Regarding impeachment, Trump said it was “a really terrible thing what they are doing”. But he said: “We don’t want violence. Never violence. “