How MN Is Preparing For Potential Violence At State Capitol - Mendota Heights, MN - The planning comes after the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the United States Capitol by Donald Trump supporters.
Anticipating Trouble, D.C. Locks Down A Week Before Inauguration
“Clearly we are in uncharted waters,” D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said after the “violent insurrection” at the Capitol.
Ashraf Khalil and Lolita C. Baldor
WASHINGTON (AP) All through downtown Washington, the primary sound for several blocks was the beeping of forklifts unloading more fencing.
There were no cars or scooters and seemingly no tourists Wednesday, just the occasional jogger and multiple construction crews at work. The U.S. Capitol that proved such a soft target last week was visible only through lines of tall, black fence.
Two blocks from the White House, a group of uniformed National Guard troops emerged from a tour bus and headed into a hotel as a state of lockdown descended on Washington that will last through the Jan. 20 inauguration.
Parenting is challenging enough without the added pressures of national politics, global pandemic, divisive president, violent protests, and armed threats of another civil war.
President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial could begin on Inauguration Day, just as Democrat Joe Biden takes the oath of office in an extraordinary end to the defeated president’s tenure in the White House. The trial timeline and schedule are largely set by Senate procedures and will start as soon as the House delivers the article of impeachment. That could mean starting the trial at 1 p.m. on Inauguration Day. The ceremony at the Capitol starts at noon.