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Joe Biden expresses ‘dismay’ as US National Guard are forced to sleep in underground car park
Images of National Guard soldiers camped in an underground car park after being sent to protect Washington DC sparked new calls for investigations of the US Capitol Police.
Key points:
- The National Guard troops were forced to take rest breaks outside the US Capitol
- US Capitol Police claimed they did not instruct guardsmen to leave the building, but individual officers contradicted this
- Thousands of guardsmen are in Washington DC for the inauguration following the US Capitol riot
Members of both parties were irate about reports that guardsmen were forced to take rest breaks outside the Capitol building.
About 25,000 National Guard members from across the country were deployed to help secure President Joe Biden’s inauguration, which went off…
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