US Guard Troops pulled from duty ahead of the Inaugural ceremony

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Washington, 20th January: The US guard troops have been removed from duty after scrutiny ahead of the president’s inaugural ceremony.

Baaghi TV: A dozen members of the US National Guard have been removed ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s oath-taking ceremony after tight scrutiny, reported by the officials in Pentagon on Tuesday.

A Pentagon spokesperson informed that the vetting went beyond ties to extremist groups.

Reporters have informed that one Guard member was removed from duty after disturbing text messages and another had been reported to a tip line, Army General Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau.

Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said, “We are, out of an abundance of caution, taking action and immediately removing them from the line of duty at the Capitol and the events taking place.”

On Sunday, acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller said the FBI was helping the US military in vetting more than 25,000 National Guard troops being positioned to assist in protecting the US Capitol for potential security concerns ahead of Joe Biden’s inaugural ceremony on Wednesday.

The FBI is also working to see if any current service members were part of the January 6 riots at the US Capitol by supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump.

According to reports from the last week, the Virginia National Guard said that Jacob Fracker, an off-duty police officer charged in connection with the violent riots at the Capitol, was a sergeant in the state’s Guard, serving as an infantryman.

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