Security preparations well underway for Trump inauguration

[Craig Nigrelli]

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP WILL BE SWORN-IN AS THE NATION’S 47-TH PRESIDENT. SECURITY PREPARATIONS ARE NOW WELL-UNDERWAY IN WASHINGTON D-C.
TRUMP AND VICE-PRESIDENT ELECT JD VANCE WILL BOTH TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE ON WHAT IS CALLED THE WEST FRONT OF THE CAPITOL. WASHINGTON D-C TELEVISION STATION, WJLA, IS REPORTING THAT WHILE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS PREPARING FOR SOME DEMONSTRATIONS, THE AGENCIES DO NOT FORESEE OR EXPECT ANY MAJOR SECURITY PROBLEMS.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS DESIGNATED THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION A “ NATIONAL SPECIAL SECURITY EVENT”. AS A RESULT, U.S. SECRET SERVICE IS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A SECURITY PLAN WITH VARIOUS OTHER AGENCIES INVOLVED.
THE SECRET SERVICE PROVIDED THIS STATEMENT, “ THE DESIGNATION ALLOWS FOR SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AS WELL AS VITAL ASSISTANCE FROM STATE AND LOCAL PARTNERS. “
ON THE CBS PROGRAM 60 MINUTES ON SUNDAY NIGHT, OUTGOING FBI DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER WRAY SAID THIS
WRAY :”We are not tracking any specific or credible threats to the inauguration. What I would tell you though is that we are dealing with a threat landscape where terrorists, whether foreign or jihadist inspired or domestic terrorists or others can move from radicalization to action quite quickly with crude but lethal attacks.”
WRAY POINTED OUT THERE ARE OFTEN VERY FEW DOTS TO CONNECT AND VERY LITTLE TIME TO TAKE ACTION, IN-ADVANCE OF AN ATTACK.
ALSO, THE NATIONAL GUARD WILL PROVIDE CROWD MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC CONTROL AND CIVIL DISTURBANCE SUPPORT OPERATIONS.
LATER THIS MORNING, WASHINGTON D-C MAYOR MURIEL BOWSER WILL GIVE DETAILS ABOUT THE POLICE EFFORTS WHEN IT COMES TO INAUGURATION SECURITY.
THE 20TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION SPECIFIES THAT THE TERM OF EACH ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BEGINS AT NOON ON JANUARY 20TH OF THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE ELECTION. EACH PRESIDENT MUST TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE BEFORE ASSUMING THE DUTIES.