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BREAKING: Smoke rising behind Capitol building. Inauguration rehearsal appears to be evacuating. Emergency announcement playing at Capitol grounds.
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The smoke has now subsided. People who were on the grounds for inauguration rehearsal have left.
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Capitol buildings on lockdown:
NEW: At 10:20am, Hill staffers received the following text per @ArdenFarhi: “All buildings within the Capitol Complex: External security threat, no entry or exit is permitted, stay away from exterior windows, doors. If outside, seem cover. USCP”
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DC Fire is reporting a fire nearby. It's not clear if this is the smoke we saw:
#DCsBravest responded to an outside fire in the 100 block of H St SE that has been extinguished. There were no injuries. This accounts for smoke that many have seen.
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USCP: Due to an external security threat under the bridge on I-295 at First and F Streets SE, staff and other personnel are directed to avoid coming to the Capitol Complex area until further notice. All personnel currently on the Capitol Complex are advised to stay indoors
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Jackson Proskow retweeted
NBC News: The FBI has charged Riley Williams with her role in the Capitol riot. The FBI says she told a former partner that she intended to take a laptop / hard drive stolen from Pelosi's office, ship it to Russia, where a friend would turn it over to the SVR -- Russian intel.
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Jackson Proskow retweeted
Prepping for Inauguration Day: Just two days left until Joe Biden takes office, @AntonyRobart caught up with @JProskowGlobal on the security concerns on Capitol Hill. Plus, what Trump's final days in office looks like. #Inauguration2021
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Unfortunately none of them will work to correct the big lie about a stolen election - the one thing that matters, and would bring stability.
How will the GOP recover from the complicity and corruption of the Trump era? To many Republicans, the answer is simple: Pretend it never happened. My story on the collective case of amnesia about to set in among conservatives: theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
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