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US President Trump issues emergency declaration for Joe Biden’s inauguration

Trump's emergency declaration will come into effect from Monday through January 24.
 

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Washington D.C., First Published Jan 12, 2021, 10:42 AM IST

Washington DC: Amid growing concern among local and federal authorities about violence in the lead-up to and during President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20, President Donald Trump issued an emergency declaration for the nation’s capital.

With the declaration, the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency can coordinate with local authorities as needed.

The declaration from Trump comes five days after a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol as Congress began formally counting the Electoral College votes to certify his defeat to Biden. Five people died.

Trump has spent months complaining that he was cheated out of an election victory by widespread voter fraud, which election officials say does not exist.

Earlier Monday, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and Maryland Governor Larry Hogan urged people to stay away from inaugural events because of "last week's violent insurrection as well as the ongoing and deadly Covid-19 pandemic."

Trump's emergency declaration will come into effect from Monday through January 24.

The rioters took over the House and Senate chambers, smashed windows and waved Trump, American and Confederate flags, forcing lawmakers to halt their voting to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory and go into hiding for hours.

Around five people lost their lives in the Capitol Hill riots, one of them was a police officer.

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