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Joe Biden’s new administration is facing a “heightened threat environment”, according to the US Department of Homeland Security, which issued a new domestic terrorism advisory bulletin on Wednesday, warning against anti-government “ideologically motivated violent extremists” motivated by “perceived grievances fueled by false narratives”.
The agency said groups could “continue to mobilise to incite or commit violence” of the kind seen during the US Capitol riot on 6 January, when a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the heart of government after being riled up by the 45th’s president’s bogus claim that the election was “stolen” from him by a “mass voter fraud” conspiracy that he entirely failed to prove.
Mr Trump, who has kept a low profile since leaving the White House a week ago, will reportedly host the Republican House minority leader Kevin McCarthy at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida on Thursday.
US facing ‘heightened threat’ from domestic terrorism
Joe Biden’s new administration is facing a “heightened threat environment”, according to the US Department of Homeland Security, which issued a new domestic terrorism advisory bulletin on Wednesday, warning against anti-government “ideologically motivated violent extremists” motivated by “perceived grievances fueled by false narratives”.
The agency said groups could “continue to mobilise to incite or commit violence” of the kind seen during the US Capitol riot on 6 January, when a mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the heart of government after being riled up by the 45th’s president’s bogus claim that the election was “stolen” from him by a “mass voter fraud” conspiracy that he entirely failed to prove.
Alex Woodward has this report.
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