Threats to lawmakers nearly DOUBLED in the first two months of 2021
Threats to lawmakers have nearly DOUBLED in the first two months of 2021 as security is ramped up in DC ahead of reports of plot by far-right group to breach Capitol on Thursday Acting Capitol Police Chief Yogananda Pittman revealed Wednesday that threats to lawmakers has nearly double from last year 'In the first two months of 2021, there has been a 93.54 percent increase in threats to Members compared to the same period in 2020,' she said She added: 'The overwhelming majority of suspects residing outside of the NCR [National Capital Region]' She is requesting a 20 per cent increase to hel...