WILMINGTON: (HRNW) U.S. law enforcement agencies securing Joe Biden’s Jan. 20 presidential inauguration swearing-in ceremony dramatically scaled up their budgets following the Capitol riot last week, according to a person involved with the planning.
The Secret Service-led effort to fortify the quadrennial event will create a more solemn production on the steps of a Capitol building that was the scene of a bloody siege by supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump, the person said.
Far fewer people than usual will attend the ceremony, which already had been scaled back due to the COVID-19 pandemic and now also will have a bulked-up security detail, he said.
Biden’s allies have been on edge about the security protocols after Trump supporters challenging the congressional certification of Biden’s election victory stormed the building last Wednesday.
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