US Capitol on high alert as pro-Trump demonstrators converge for rally
The Peninsula
Washington: Hundreds of police officers will be on duty around the US Capitol on Saturday braced for a rally by supporters of the hundreds of people who breached the building on Jan. 6 trying to overturn former President Donald Trump's election defeat.
A black eight-foot-high (2.44 m) fence which surrounds the white-domed building for about six months after the attack is back, 100 National Guard troops are on standby and security officials are performing additional checks on arrivals at Washington's nearest airport in an effort to prevent violence.
Organizers of the "Justice for J6" rally said they expected a peaceful event, but US Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger told reporters on Friday "there have been some threats of violence" linked to the event, where police would work to avoid speaking between Trump supporters and opponents.
