An FBI office in Virginia issued an internal warning the day before rioters supporting President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol that extremists were planning to come to Washington and were talking of "war," the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
The top federal prosecutor in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday said he was seeking tips from members of the media who were violently assaulted or threatened by pro-Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol last week.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A third Democratic U.S. lawmaker announced a positive test for COVID-19 after being locked down for hours with other colleagues, including Republicans who did not wear face masks, to avoid the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol.
The exposure added another worrisome consequence following Wednesday’s attack on Congress, when lawmakers, staff and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence were threatened by pro-Trump rioters storming the legislative building.
“Unfortunately, I think we’re going to see more cases of members of Congress and their staff testing positive in the days ahead,” Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, told MSNBC on Tuesday. “It’s one of the consequences of that horrible day last week.”
U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers will be screened when entering the House chamber in a security policy shift, the House acting sergeant at arms said in a memo to lawmakers on Tuesday.