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		</div><p>Law enforcement was on high alert around the US Capitol on Thursday after intelligence uncovered a “possible” plot by a militia group to storm the building.</p>
<p>The threat comes two months after a mob of Donald Trump supporters smashed through windows and doors to try to stop Congress from certifying now-president Joe Biden’s victory.</p>
<p>It appears to be connected to a far-right conspiracy theory, mainly promoted by supporters of QAnon, that the former president will rise again to power on March 4 and that thousands will come to Washington DC to try to remove Democrats from office.</p>
<p>March 4 was the original presidential inauguration day until 1933, when it was moved to January 20.</p>
<p>Online chatter identified by authorities included discussions among members of the Three Percenters, an anti-government militia group, concerning possible plots against the Capitol on Thursday, according to two unnamed law enforcement officials.</p>
<p>Members of the Three Percenters were among the extremists who stormed the Capitol on January 6.</p>
<p>The threat came as the Capitol police and other law enforcement agencies were taking heat from Congress in contentious hearings this week about their poor handling of the January 6 riot.</p>
<p>Police were ill-prepared for the mass of Trump supporters in tactical gear, some armed, and it took hours for National Guard reinforcements to come.</p>
<p>By then, rioters had broken and smashed their way into the building and roamed the halls for hours, stalling Congress’s certification effort temporarily and sending politicians into hiding.</p>
<p>“The United States Capitol Police Department is aware of and prepared for any potential threats towards members of Congress or towards the Capitol complex,” Capitol Police said in a statement.</p>
<p>Politicians, congressional staffers and law enforcement officials are still on edge after the January 6 attack, even as security around the Capitol remains at an unprecedented level.</p>
<p>About 5,200 National Guard members remain in DC, the remainder of the roughly 26,000 that were brought in for President Biden’s inauguration that went off with no problems.</p>
<p>There is also a large fence around the US Capitol perimeter that walls off all avenues of entry including on the streets around the building, put in place after the riot.</p>
<p>A former chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee who was among those briefed about a possible new threat against the Capitol said politicians were braced for it.</p>
<p>Republican Representative Michael McCaul said he thought “we’ll see some violence”.</p>
<p>Mr McCaul warned there could be another diversionary tactic — much like the pipe bombs discovered at the political campaign offices on January 6 appeared to be an attempt to lure law enforcement away from the Capitol ahead of the insurrection.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Capitol Police have requested that members of the National Guard continue to provide security at the US Capitol for a further two months, The Associated Press said.</p>
<p>Defence officials said the new proposal was being reviewed by the Pentagon.</p>
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