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Mar 16, 2021
Fencing Around U.S. Capitol To Be Scaled Back, Officials Say No Known, Credible Threat
The 7-foot-tall barriers have been in place since the Jan. 6 insurrection. Lawmakers from both parties have called for them to be removed.
U.S. Capitol Police will begin scaling back some of the fencing erected around the Capitol, officials announced Monday, saying there is no “known, credible threat against Congress” that warrants the current fortifications.
The acting House sergeant-at-arms, Timothy Blodgett, sent a security memo to lawmakers two months after the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Blodgett said authorities would work in partnership with the Capitol architect to reposition an inner ring of fencing closer to the building this week and remove the razor wire on top, and remove the outer perimeter of fencing later this month.
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