Lawmakers Urged to Use Tunnels as Protests Add to D.C. Risk
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U.S. lawmakers are receiving urgent security instructions in advance of potential violence in Washington tied to protests as Congress meets to certify Joe Biden as the next U.S. president.
The precautions distributed Monday to members of the House and Senate include guidance to use underground tunnels while traveling between chambers in the Capitol and to nearby office buildings during the day. “Members and staff should expect demonstration activity and street closures” to affect access to the Capitol, the House sergeant-at-arms said in a memo.