Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on Monday said the Secret Service would start implementing special security measures the week before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration due to recent events and the “evolving security landscape.”
Wolf announced that the National Special Security Event operations for the inauguration would be moved up to Jan. 13 from its previously planned Jan. 19 date. The decision was made amid heightened concerns about potential threats to the inauguration after a mob of Trump supporters breached the U.S. Capitol last week.
“In light of events of the past week and the evolving security landscape leading up to the inauguration and at the recommendation of Secret Service Director James Murray, I have instructed the U.S. Secret Service to begin the National Special Security Event operations for the 2021 Inauguration effective Wednesday, January 13th instead of January 19th,” Wolf said in a statement Monday afternoon.
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