The metal detectors that were installed at entrances to the House of Representatives following the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach will remain in place for now, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Thursday. “As long as there is a threat, we’ll have to have protection,” Pelosi told reporters in Washington. She was responding to a question about whether there was any plan for when the detectors would be removed. She declined to answer a followup query, instead moving to another reporter, and was not asked again. Earlier this week, Reps. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) sued House officials over fines they were hit with for refusing to go through the detectors. Gohmert and Clyde said that a number of Democrats, including Pelosi, were not fined despite allegedly going around the detectors. They alleged the resolution violates the 27th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which deals with compensation for …