For the third year in a row, an eight-foot, black metal fence will surround the U.S. Capitol complex during an address to Congress by President Joe Biden. The fencing was erected this weekend and will remain in place through at least Wednesday.
For the third year in a row, an eight-foot, black metal fence will surround the U.S. Capitol complex during an address to Congress by President Joe Biden. The fencing was erected this weekend and will remain in place through at least Wednesday, surrounding the 175,000 square-foot Capitol grounds complex.
The fencing was ordered by the U.S. Capitol Police Board, a group of congressional security officials who oversee the Capitol grounds, but whose meetings and reports are not made publicly available. Similar fencing was also installed for weeks around the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022, after the release of aindicating the court was poised to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion rights ruling.
Multiple federal law enforcement officials tell CBS News they are not aware of any specific nor credible threats to the Capitol, though they said cite a"heightened threat environment" as well as the widespread attention the State of the Union address routinely attracts.
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