Remainder of U.S. Capitol fencing is removed months after Jan. 6 insurrection
US Capitol Police to add offices in California, Florida for congressional protection
“We are prepared to quickly enhance our security posture should the need arise,” Pittman added.
The barricades immediately surrounding the Capitol building are the last ramparts to come down after months of slight relaxing of security measures after a mob ransacked the building.
The outer perimeter fence that was erected after the insurrection was removed in March.
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The attack on the U.S. Capitol began when a mob of supporters of former President Donald Trump overwhelmed the complex in an effort to stop the certification of the election of President Joe Biden.
The Jan. 6 insurrection, which spurred the second impeachment of Trump, and its ramifications have been sources of fierce debate and concern within the halls of Congress.
The rioters are the subject of the most sweeping federal law enforcement investigation in history with hundreds of violent perpetrators still unaccounted.
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