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The FBI has warned that supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump are planning "armed protests" in the Capitol and all states ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
The "Business Insider" website quoted the office as saying in a new bulletin .. It is expected that "armed protests" will take place at the Capitol building in Washington, DC and throughout the country, indicating that the protests are being planned from the 16th to the 20th of this January. the least.
He added that one of the groups calls for "storming" of local courts and buildings in states and federations if Trump is removed from office before the inauguration day, stressing that he “received information about a specific armed group intending to travel to Washington, DC on January 16 and that this group warned that he If Congress tries to impeach Trump through the 25th Amendment, there will be a massive backlash. ”
The "Business Insider" website pointed out that this announcement brings to mind Twitter's announcement last week that prevented Trump from entering the platform because his supporters were using his tweets to plan more potentially violent demonstrations. The Twitter statement said that "plans for future armed protests have already begun in" Spread on and outside Twitter, including a proposed secondary attack on the Capitol and Capitol buildings in the United States on January 17th.
In turn, the Pentagon said today that it will review the forces scheduled to be deployed at Biden's inauguration to ensure that they have no links with local terrorists. The head of the National Guard said that at least 10,000 to 15,000 guards will be sent to Washington, DC by Saturday to support Local forces preceding the inauguration.