Law Enforcement Braces For Explosive Threats To Biden Inaug

Members of the National Guard take a rest in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 13, 2021, ahead of an expected House vote impeaching US President Donald Trump. - The Democrat-controlled US House... Members of the National Guard take a rest in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 13, 2021, ahead of an expected House vote impeaching US President Donald Trump. - The Democrat-controlled US House of Representatives on Wednesday opened debate on a historic second impeachment of President Donald Trump over his supporters' attack of the Capitol that left five dead.Lawmakers in the lower chamber are expected to vote for impeachment around 3:00 pm (2000 GMT) -- marking the formal opening of proceedings against Trump. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Military and law enforcement preparing for ongoing, violent attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election are bracing for the use of explosives over the next week.

Politico reported on Tuesday that national guardsmen deployed to the U.S. Capitol after last week’s insurrection attempt were being briefed on potential improvised explosive devices. CNN is also reporting that pipe bombs and molotov cocktails — both IEDs — are expected to be a threat.

The warnings come as 20,000 national guard members deploy as part of a massive show force intended to protect Biden’s inauguration.

During the assault on the U.S. Capitol building last week, pipe bombs were found and defused at both the RNC and DNC. The FBI has not yet apprehended anyone in connection with the bombing attempts.

D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee said on Wednesday that the National Guard members had been deployed to combat a “major threat” to the inauguration, and that they would be armed.

The Department of Homeland Security extended the national security designation for the inaugural to begin on Wednesday, giving the transfer of power a longer window of full-scale armored protection.

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  1. Domestic terrorism supporting sedition and insurrection.

    Call it what it is…

  2. 20,000 national guard members

    How much military we got in Syria? Afghanistan?

  3. Expect they’ll plant some “Antifa made” bombs. Then it spirals into both sides do it.

  4. I read earlier that the number in DC exceeds the number in Afghanistan.

    Now, what isn’t being addressed: how many of the DC NG are infiltrators working for the enemy?

  5. Let’s not play the right wing conspiracy game. It doesn’t reflect on who we are or who the military is.

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