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Added on the 07/01/2021 01:31:16 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
National Guard members arrive at the US Capitol as a curfew enters into force in the US capital hours after Donald Trump supporters stormed Congress. IMAGES
Washington DC, Jan 6 (EFE/EPA).- Washington D.C. was put under a curfew Wednesday after hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump broke into the Congress where the joint session of Congress certifying Joe Biden's win took place. (Camera: CARLOS VILAS).SHOT LIST: SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE US CAPITOL AFTER IT WAS CLEARED OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTERS.
A small group of Donald Trump supporters, several of whom are armed, gathers outside the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing. State capitols across the country have tightened security following a deadly riot at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, and ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration. IMAGES
A Missouri woman has been charged with five counts for taking a splintered nameplate belonging to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Newser reports Emily Hernandez committed the deed during the January 6th riot at the US Capitol. Hernandez was charged, among other crimes, with disorderly conduct and the stealing or disposing of government property. The FBI received online tips from at least three people saying they saw Hernandez in TV news footage. She was filmed holding up a broken engraved piece of wood bearing the words 'House' and 'Nancy' during the storming of the Capitol.
The Pentagon has upped the number of National Guard members it wants present at President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration by 4,000. CNN reports the Pentagon on Friday authorized up to 25,000 National Guard members, marking an increase from the 21,000 troops authorized a day earlier. Law enforcement in Washington, DC, and around the country is bracing for more extremist violence after the deadly insurrection at the Capitol last week. The DOD announced Tuesday that Guardsmen and women will be armed. Law enforcement is monitoring phones and other communications in an all-out effort to track individuals to ensure they do not travel to Washington.
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