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Security has been beefed up in Washington and in state capitals since the storming of the Capitol.
Conspiracy theorists have suggested Trump will be reinstated as president on March 4, 2021.
One state official said the abundance of uncertainty is being met with an abundance of caution.
State capitals across the country are again braced for the possibility of violence some two months after the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol. But experts caution that even the best-laid plans could be a feeble match for anti-government extremism.
The potential risk at state capitols has prompted authorities to intensify high-visibility security, stringing up razor wire, erecting barbed wire fencing and reinforcing a uniformed presence, along with undisclosed measures, to guard against a threat of danger on March 4, a date that many on the far right deem significant and some see as the day former President Donald Trump somehow is retu
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A person dressed as Lady Liberty wears a shirt with the letter Q, referring to QAnon, as protesters take part in a protest, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., against the counting of electoral votes in Washington, DC, affirming President-elect Joe Biden s victory. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) Ceally Smith spent a year down the rabbit hole of QAnon, devoting more and more time to researching and discussing the conspiracy theory online. Eventually it consumed her, and she wanted out.
She broke up with the boyfriend who recruited her into the movement, took six months off social media, and turned to therapy and yoga.