Biden admin aims to prevent Capitol riot repeat with Super Bowl levels of security for Congress on Jan 6, 2025

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amid the tense political environment heading toward November’s election, Joe Biden’s administration has designated the certification of the presidential vote in early 2025 as a “National Special Security Event” to prevent a repeat of the Capitol riot of January 6, 2021. Various reports, including from the House Select January 6 Committee and the Government Accountability Office, also called for Secretary Mayorkas to consider a National Special Security Event for the certification of the 2024 election. The certification of the presidential vote will now recieve Super Bowl levels of security after a pro-Trump mob attacks law enforcement at the US Capitol on Jan 6, 2021 “National Special Security Events are events of the highest national significance,” said Eric Ranaghan, the special agent in charge of the US Secret Service’s Dignitary Protective Division. On January 6, 2021 then-president Trump addressed “Stop the Steal” protesters on the Ellipse and urged them to “fight like hell.” They took that appeal literally, attacking the legislative complex and battling law enforcement for several hours as they attempted to storm the building in order to prevent the formal certification of the 2020 election results at a joint session of Congress.