A growing number of people charged in relation to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol breach are asking judges to move their trials from Washington, asserting the jury pool in the nation’s capital is predisposed to rule against them and have been subject to inaccurate media reports. Some defendants also argue that the judges presiding…
Growing Number of Jan. 6 Defendants Pushing for Trials Outside Washington, Alleging Jury and Judge Bias
NYPD Sends 100 Officers to Washington to Help With State of the Union Security
WASHINGTON—Some 100 police officers from New York have arrived in Washington to help the U.S. Capitol Police with security for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union. At least five buses transported the officers to the nation’s capital, where they were sworn in at the Capitol Police headquarters, an officer who declined to be named…
Law Enforcement Putting Fencing Back Up Around Capitol Building Ahead of Biden’s Speech
The fence installed around the U.S. Capitol in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, breach is being reinstalled about seven months after being taken down, officials announced on Feb. 27. As trucker convoys make their way toward Washington, the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP), in consultation with various partners, has solidified a security plan “to…
Fencing Reinstalled Around Capitol Building Ahead of Biden’s Speech
The fence put around the U.S. Capitol in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, breach was reinstalled about seven months after being taken down. As trucker convoys make their way toward Washington, the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP), in consultation with various partners, has solidified a security plan “to prevent any disruption to the important…
Fencing Reinstalled Around US Capitol Building Ahead of Biden’s Speech
The fence put up around the U.S. Capitol in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach has been reinstalled about seven months after it was taken down. As trucker convoys make their way toward Washington, the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP), in conjunction with various partners, has solidified a security plan “to prevent any…
Pentagon Approves Deployment of National Guard Troops for DC Trucker Convoy Protest
Hundreds of National Guard troops have been deployed in Washington, D.C. to help deal with trucker convoy protests that are set to start this week, officials have said. The Department of Defense (DOD) said that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved the deployments of the guards, which had been requested by the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and U.S. Capitol…
Pentagon Considers Deploying National Guard in Washington to Help With Trucker Convoy Response
National Guard troops may be deployed in the Washington D.C. area to help deal with trucker convoys expected to arrive as soon as Feb. 23, a Pentagon official said Tuesday. “The Department is analyzing a request for assistance from the US Capitol Police and the DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency,” John Kirby, the…
US Trucker Convoy to ‘Shut Down’ Traffic on Major Roads Outside Washington, DC: Organizer
One of the U.S. trucker convoys planning to leave soon plans on shutting down traffic on the Capital Beltway outside Washington. “We’re going to have a shutdown,” Bob Bolus, the organizer, told The Epoch Times. “We’ll shut it down.” The beltway encircles Washington, running through portions of Maryland and Virginia. It does pass through a…
US Trucker Convoy to ‘Shut Down’ Traffic on Major Roads Outside Washington: Organizer
One of the U.S. trucker convoys planning to leave soon plans on shutting down traffic on the Capital Beltway outside Washington. “We’re going to have a shutdown,” Bob Bolus, the organizer, told The Epoch Times. “We’ll shut it down.” The beltway encircles Washington, running through portions of Maryland and Virginia, and passes through a small…
US Capitol Police Plan ‘Extra Security’ Ahead of SOTU, Cite Potential Arrival of Truck Convoys
The U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) say that law enforcement agencies in the nation’s capital are planning “extra security” ahead of President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union (SOTU) Address scheduled for March 1, while citing plans by truck convoys to arrive around the same time. “Law enforcement agencies across the National Capital Region are…
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