The Biden transition team, the Secret Service, and the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies did not respond to requests for comments.
President-elect Biden also reached out to old friends from the Obama Administration for support and to serve as temporary security advisor until the inauguration. Lisa Monaco, a former Homeland Security advisor, will handle security for the next week, but has also been nominated to serve as deputy attorney general once the new administration takes office.
“Ms. Monaco will assist the President-elect and work with the incoming national security advisor, the incoming homeland security advisor, and current security and law enforcement officials, including with the United States Secret Service on their plans for the inauguration,” a spokesperson for the transition said in a statement. “Given the existing threats, Ms. Monaco’s temporary role will be focused solely on the period leading up to the inauguration.”
During the FBI briefing on Wednesday, in conjunction with the Secret Service and national security officials, more reports of ‘domestic terrorists’ and extremists not apprehended on Jan. 6, are still of major concern.
“In the week since the attack on Congress by a mob that included domestic terrorists and violent extremists,” the Biden transition team said in a statement, “the nation has continued to learn more about the threat to our democracy and about the potential for additional violence in the coming days, both in the National Capital Region and in cities across the country. This is a challenge that the President-elect and his team take incredibly seriously.”
With the amount of security and measures in place, one would assume that any domestic threats would be internal, rather than ones from outlandish extremists who did not have any issues rioting on camera.
