Capitol Security Fence to be Reinstalled Ahead of Rally Supporting Jan. 6 Suspects

Politics|Capitol information obstruction to beryllium reinstalled up of a rally to enactment Jan. 6 suspects.

• Sept. 9, 2021Updated 12:17 p.m. ET

Security officials astatine the Capitol program to reinstall a obstruction astir the analyzable up of a planned rally of Trump supporters adjacent play called to request the merchandise of those arrested successful transportation with the Jan. 6 mob onslaught connected Congress.

The Capitol Police Board is slated to o.k. a petition from Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger, who joined the unit successful the aftermath of the deadly attack, to reconstruct the obstruction earlier the “Justice for J6” rally scheduled for Sept. 18, due to the fact that of concerns that hundreds mightiness attend, including immoderate extremist groups, according to a idiosyncratic acquainted with the board’s discussions.

The barrier, erected aft a mob of President Donald J. Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol connected Jan. 6, had been removed successful July, reopening nationalist accessibility to the complex.

“We mean to person the integrity of the Capitol beryllium intact,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters connected Wednesday. “What happened connected Jan. 6 was specified an battle connected this beauteous Capitol, nether the dome that Lincoln built during the Civil War.”

The “Justice for J6” rally is being organized by Matt Braynard, a erstwhile Trump run operative, and his organization, Look Ahead America, which has demanded that the Justice Department driblet charges against what the radical calls “nonviolent protesters” facing charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot.

About 140 constabulary officers were injured, including 15 who were hospitalized, and respective radical died successful transportation with the riot, including officers who took their ain lives successful the months aft responding to the assault.

Some officers suffered encephalon injuries; 1 serviceman had 2 cracked ribs, 2 shattered spinal discs; and different was stabbed with a metallic obstruction stake, according to the national that represents the Capitol Police.

Mr. Braynard has argued the brutal attacks connected constabulary officers during the battle were the enactment of a “few atrocious apples” and accused the Biden medication of targeting the “peaceful Trump supporters who entered the Capitol with selective prosecutions based connected their governmental beliefs.”

Some Republicans who person sought to downplay the seriousness of the riot oregon dispersed conspiracy theories astir who was liable person expressed sympathy for suspects arrested afterward, vowing to combat for their release.