President Trump declared that an emergency exists in the District of Columbia and ordered Federal assistance to supplement the District's response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from the 59th Presidential Inauguration from January 11 to January 24, 2021.
United States President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency in Washington DC ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20. The declaration of emergency comes after riots broke out at the US Capitol where pro-Trump supporters wreaked havoc in US Capitol on Ja
nuary 6. At least five people died as a result of the chaos, including a US Capitol Police officer.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is warning
that armed protests are being planned in all 50 US state capitals, including
the US Capitol building, in the final days leading up to President-elect
Biden's inauguration, Sputnik reported.
"The President's action authorises the
Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to
coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating
the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and
to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorised
under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives and to protect property and
public health and safety, and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in
the District of Columbia," it added.
The FEMA is authorised to identify, mobilise, and
provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the
impacts of the emergency. "Emergency protective measures, limited to
direct Federal assistance, will be provided at 100 per cent Federal
funding," the White Houses said.
On January 6, a group of Trump's supporters stormed
the US Capitol building, clashing with police, damaging property, seizing the
inauguration stage and occupying the rotunda. The unrest took place after Trump
urged his supporters to protest what he claims is a stolen election.
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