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National Guard secures DC for inauguration as feds eye police role in riot

Dozens of people on a terrorist watch list were found to have been in Washington on Jan. 6 for pro-Trump events that ultimately devolved into the assault on the Capitol

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Members of the National Guard rest in a hallway of the U.S. Capitol building under a bust of Abraham Lincoln, the 6th president of the United States, in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 13.

Alan Feuer and Katie Benner | NYT
Thousands of armed National Guard troops were on their way to Washington to bolster security for next week’s inaugural celebration as federal investigators turned their attention to the difficult question of how many military and police personnel took part in the violent attack on the Capitol, a law enforcement official said on Thursday.

Adding to the tensions, dozens of people on a terrorist watch list were found to have been in Washington on Jan. 6 for pro-Trump events that ultimately devolved into the assault on the Capitol, according to two government officials briefed on the Justice Department investigation into the riot.

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