Washington Tense as DHS Chief Quits, FBI Warns of Armed Protests

January 12, 2021

Republicans also found themselves confronting another crisis, being shunned by once-reliable corporate allies who have been essential to financing their campaigns. © Bloomberg Democrats Eye Fast Trump Impeachment Days Before Biden Sworn InMembers of the National Guard outside of the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 11. His sudden departure adds to the confusion surrounding federal and state security preparations for the inauguration. Wolf, a Trump loyalist, had been the chief of staff to Kirstjen Nielsen, the Homeland Security secretary forced out by Trump in April 2019. “We’ve received support requests from the Secret Service, Capitol Police and Park Police,” Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, said Monday.