Muriel Bowser publicized her request to discourage potentially deadly rightwing gatherings in the nation’s capital next week. Muriel Bowser, the mayor of the District of Columbia, has asked the Department of Homeland Security to cancel permits for demonstrations in the district “given the new threats from insurgent acts of domestic terrorists.” Posted on the mayor’s office website, Bowser addressed the letter to Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf.
The National Guard has been authorised to send 15,000 troops to Washington DC as the FBI warned of planned armed protests across the US in the lead-up to Inauguration Day.
The chief of the National Guard Bureau, General Daniel Hokanson, told reporters he expected about 10,000 troops in Washington by Saturday to help provide security for Biden's inauguration
Local authorities reassure citizens following FBI s warning of possible national unrest
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The issue of possible unrest, reported by news outlets across the country as information obtained from an internal bulletin circulated within the FBI, stems from protesters who appear to be at odds with the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election and the possible removal of President Trump from office prior to Inauguration Day.
The FBI s internal bulletin reportedly stated, Armed protests are being planned at all 50 state capitols from 16 January through at least 20 January, and at the US Capitol from 17 January through 20 January.