Discovery of a plot to attack the US Congress building
The US Congressional Police Department said in a statement that it had obtained intelligence indicating a possible plot "to infiltrate the Capitol by an unknown armed group" on Thursday.
The Capitol Police statement added that it is working with state and federal agencies "to stop any threats to the Capitol Building," and the police said, "We take intelligence very seriously."
The statement did not provide any additional details regarding the threat.
Thursday marks the date when some right-wing conspiracy theorists claim that former President Donald Trump, who was defeated in the November 3 election, will be sworn in for a second term in office.
A number of Trump supporters stormed, the authorities said, including a number of right-wing extremists, on the sixth of last January, and disrupted the official approval of President Joe Biden's election victory over Trump in an attack that killed five, including a police officer.
The Capitol Police statement indicated that it had already made "significant security improvements" to the building that houses the headquarters of the US House of Representatives and Senate, and it was not clear whether these improvements were introduced to counter this potential threat or include measures that were actually applied after the January 6th riots.
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