Capitol attack groups want to ‘blow up Capitol’ during Biden speech, police warn - The Guardian

Acting chief of US Capitol police says threats are circulating targeting the president’s first formal speech to Congress.

Militia groups involved in the 6 January insurrection want to stage another attack around Joe Biden’s upcoming address to Congress, aiming to “blow up” the complex and kill lawmakers, the acting chief of the US Capitol police has warned.

Her words are also likely to be taken seriously as a clear indication of the ongoing threat posed by the armed militia members who took part in the storming of the Capitol in which five people died and almost 140 police officers were injured.

Several of the most prominent armed militia and extremist groups in the US were at the forefront of the Capitol riot.

Pittman has stepped up to lead the Capitol police force after the chief at the time of the storming, Steven Sund, resigned days after the catastrophe.