United States: intelligence services warn of new attack on Capitol Hill

The American intelligence assumes that internal extremists may be planning a new attack on the Capitol, for which they recommend to the police of the legislative seat to maintain its the highest level of security around the building.

The information was provided to the media today by the Acting Capitol Police Chief, Yogananda Pittman.

“We know that the militia members who were present at the riot of January 6 expressed their wish to want to blow up the Capitol kill as many members as possible with a direct link to the State of the Union“, Pittman warns.

And he dared that it could happen when the new president Joe biden d his first speech to Congress, review the ANSA news agency.

“So based on this information, we believe it is prudent for the Capitol Police to maintain their enhanced and robust security posture until we resolve these vulnerabilities in the future,” he added. .

Pittman’s remarks at a subcommittee hearing on Missions of the House of Representatives The January 6 riots on Capitol Hill, which left five people dead, came after being asked about the need for continued security measures around the seat of the US legislature. including the deployment of the National Guard.

Pittman warned that radicalized supporters incited by the former president Donald trump “They were not only interested in attacking members of Congress and officials,” but they “also wanted to send a symbolic message to the nation as to who was in charge of this legislative process.”

Biden is expected to speak there in a joint session after Congress approved an aid package to mitigate the coronavirus pandemic hitting the country.