A dozen members of the National Guard have been removed from the mission to protect the presidential inauguration because of various problems in their pasts, defense officials said Tuesday.
Two of the troops made “inappropriate comments or texts,” prompting their removal from the Capitol, Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, said in a news conference. Problems with those two people were raised by the troops’ colleagues and by an anonymous tip.
Pentagon spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman declined to give more details about whether those comments were political in nature, tied to extremism or directly related to a threat to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
The FBI found problems with an additional 10 troops during vetting, and all were removed from the mission “out of an abundance of caution,” Hokanson said. Hoffman said the vetting process would uncover any sort of issue in a service member’s history, including past criminal activity.
Overall, Hokanson said, he is “not concerned” because officials have identified only 12 potential issues out of the 25,000 National Guardsmen serving in the capital for the inauguration.
Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/19/national-guard-members-removed-inauguration-460426
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