12 US National Guard troops removed from inauguration - with some 'linked to far right'

A dozen US Army National Guard members have been removed from duty ahead of Joe Biden's presidential inauguration - including some allegedly with ties to far-right militias.

Thousands of troops have been called in to help secure the area around Congress before Mr Biden is sworn in on Wednesday, following a deadly riot at the US Capitol where Donald Trump supporters stormed the building on 6 January. A Pentagon spokesman said the decision to remove some National Guard members was made after a vetting process, adding not all of the 12 were withdrawn for apparent links to extremist groups.

One Guard member was removed from duty after troubling text messages and another had been reported to a tip line, said Army General Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau. Earlier it was reported two Guard members had been pulled for ties with right-wing militias, with a US Army official and a senior US intelligence official confirming the decision but not saying what fringe group the pair belonged to or what unit they served in.

Truth be told more like 1200

If these are all members of extremist groups questions have to be asked of vetting procedures.

Did one of them post a pick of a frog 🤯

I think the yanks sometimes go over the top

MarkCranfield_ Don’t stop 🛑 the count!

Black Lives Mattered

I reckon there was just as much a chance Trump getting shot by a crank. There's crazy people on BOTH sides. And that goes for British politics too.

Given there are 20,000 troops there, 12 of them really isn’t a big deal.

America is set a pathway through a thin line, anyway may everything go well on 20th. But for now things are thick as it is.

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