Thousands of National Guard Members Deployed in Washington Ahead of Biden Inauguration

Thousands of members of the United States National Guard were deployed to Washington on January 12 ahead of the inauguration of Joe Biden and in the wake of the storming of the Capitol by pro-Trump protesters.

Around 6,500 National Guard members from several states were in the nation’s capital, according to a Twitter post by the National Guard.

This video, which has been sped up, shows dozens of units moving around the perimeter of the Capitol behind a fence erected after the building was attacked on January 6. Credit: Maureen Cohen Harrington via Storyful