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FOCUS: Troops Flood a Rattled Washington Ahead of the Biden Inauguration
National Guard members near the White House. (photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Helene Cooper, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Law enforcement authorities, responding to threats of violence before the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration, will deploy up to 15,000 National Guard troops to the nation's capital and set up checkpoints in the city to avoid the botched response that helped rioters overrun the Capitol last week."

Chad F. Wolf, the head of the department overseeing the agency leading inauguration security, announced that he would resign as acting secretary on Monday night.

Sixteen groups — some of them armed and most of them hard-line supporters of President Trump — have registered to stage protests in Washington, prompting deep concern among federal officials about an event that has historically been a packed celebration of American democracy. With coronavirus cases soaring and the deadly siege of the Capitol still fresh, the leaders of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia issued a joint statement asking Americans to stay away from the inauguration of Joseph R. Biden Jr. and instead tune in virtually.

The F.B.I. has notified local law enforcement of the potential for armed protests in all 50 state capitals, organized and promoted by far-right extremist groups.


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