China News Service, January 15th. According to a report by the US political news website Politico, two people familiar with the matter revealed that the inauguration rehearsal of US President-elect Biden will be postponed for security reasons.
US President-elect Biden.
According to reports, sources revealed that the dress rehearsal for Biden's inauguration ceremony was originally planned to be held on January 17, but it has been postponed one day and changed to January 18.
The formal inauguration will still be held on January 20.
Another official said that for safety reasons, Biden gave up his plan to take the train from his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware to Washington to attend the inauguration ceremony on January 20.
Before that, whether he was a senator or vice president, Biden took a train from his hometown to Washington to work.
Currently, the Presidential Inaugural Committee declined to comment on these changes.
On January 13, local time, members of the National Guard in the US Capitol.
After the violence in Congress on January 6, the Federal Security Service has warned that on the eve and day of the inauguration, there will be "new security threats" in Washington, DC, and even across the United States.
The Biden transition team also listened to briefings by officials from the FBI, the Secret Service, and the National Security Team, and learned about the possibility of more extremist violence in the coming days, and said that this would be an “incredibly serious challenge. ".
In addition, a senior official of the Department of Defense recently confirmed that during the inauguration, more than 20,000 National Guard members will be deployed to Washington, DC, and 10,000 guards will be in place this weekend.