January 12, 2021 10:42 PM | With information from.
15 minutes. The United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, which are the top generals of the military, on Tuesday condemned the violent attack on Capitol Hill, in which five people died, and acknowledged that on January 20 the Democrat Joe Biden would become the commander. chief of the country’s armed forces.
will take over and become our 46th commander-in-chief, ”the generals said in a memorandum quoted by local media.
The statement came nearly a week after supporters of incumbent President Donald Trump stormed the iconic US legislative complex.
The assault came as lawmakers proceeded to certify Biden’s election victory. This is something Trump questioned when he denounced, without presenting any evidence, that he had been a victim of fraud in the election last November.
Critique of the Capitol Assault
The military command also considered that recent events constitute “a direct attack on Congress, the Capitol building and our constitutional process“.
“We support and defend the Constitution. Any act which disrupts the constitutional process goes not only against our traditions, our values and our oath, but also against the law ”, they stress.
The members of the general staff indicated that the actions carried out on Capitol Hill were “incompatible with the rule of law” and stressed that they defended the Constitution.
“As members of the service, we must embody the values and ideals of the nation“They also called on the men and women who make up the armed forces to prepare, keep their eyes on the horizon and stay focused on the mission.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Monday warned in an internal bulletin of the threat of “armed protests” across the country since Saturday, of a nationwide “uprising” and a new assault attempt from the Capitol from Sunday until the inauguration of Biden.
Prior to the dedication ceremony, Washington will be reinforced with more than 10,000 National Guard members to provide security.
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