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US Capitol Building Surrounded by Barbed Wire Fencing

‘Non-scalable’ fencing protected the US Capitol on Tuesday, January 19, ahead of the inauguration of President Joe Biden and two weeks after Trump supporters breached Capitol security.

Footage by Brendan Gutenschwager shows the fence topped with barbed wire surrounding the Capitol.

Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said on January 7 that the seven-foot “non-scalable” fence would be in place for at least 30 days.

Checkpoints and barricades were put up around Washington as tens of thousands of National Guardsmen were deployed to enforce security on Inauguration Day. Credit: Brendan Gutenschwager via Storyful