Government agencies concerned Trump inauguration 'potential target' for extremists: report

Government agencies are cautioning that President-elect Trump’s inauguration whitethorn pull convulsive extremists – particularly those harboring "election-related grievances," according to a caller report. 

While nary circumstantial credible threats person been identified, agencies similar the FBI, Secret Service and Capitol Police authored a menace appraisal asserting that extremists whitethorn presumption the inauguration arsenic "their past accidental to power the predetermination results done violence," Politico reports. 

The menace appraisal identified overseas terrorists, home extremists oregon lone wolves who could propulsion disconnected convulsive acts, including vehicle-ramming attacks, weaponry hoaxes oregon swatting calls.

Likewise, law enforcement cited concerns astir protests breaking into chaos, particularly since definite groups who’ve faced arrests successful erstwhile protests person applied for objection permits. 

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"Past protests by immoderate of these individuals person progressive postulation blockades, trespassing, spot destruction, and resisting arrest," the menace appraisal said. 

Meanwhile, U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger cautioned Monday that "lone actors" are the astir superior menace to inauguration festivities, during a property league with national and section instrumentality enforcement officials astir the inauguration.

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"The biggest threat, I think, for each of america remains the lone actor," Manger said. "Just successful the past week, portion President Carter was lying successful state, we had 2 lone actors amusement up astatine the Capitol: 1 trying to bring successful knives and a machete; different 1 who was trying – what I judge – to disrupt the proceedings by mounting their car connected occurrence down successful the bid ellipse area." 

"Capitol Police were capable to interdict these folks earlier they had a accidental to bash immoderate harm," Manger said. "But that menace of the lone histrion remains the biggest justification for america being astatine this heightened authorities of alert passim the adjacent week."

As a result, the inauguration volition diagnostic a beefed up instrumentality enforcement presence. Approximately 4,000 section instrumentality enforcement officers person volunteered to assist, and 7,800 National Guard soldiers volition besides beryllium deployed. 

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Matt McCool, the Secret Service’s peculiar cause successful complaint of the agency’s Washington tract office, said that altogether astir 25,000 instrumentality enforcement officers volition beryllium working. McCool said this year’s inauguration program features a "slightly much robust information plan," successful examination to President Biden’s inauguration successful 2021. 

"What I tin archer you is that we are 100% assured successful the program that we person enactment successful spot for this inauguration that the nationalist and our protectees volition beryllium safe," McCool said.

Additionally, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith said it is bracing for 12 abstracted First Amendment demonstrations astatine the inauguration, noting that they volition person a close to peacefully protest. Still, she said unit won’t beryllium permitted.  

"I privation to reiterate – arsenic I ever person – that violence, demolition and unlawful behaviour volition not beryllium tolerated," Smith said Monday. "Offenders volition look swift and decisive consequences."

Fox News Digital’s Alec Schemmel contributed to this report.