12 National Guard members with ties to extremist groups now pulled from inauguration duty
WASHINGTON, DC -- A total of a dozen Army National Guard members have now been removed from the inauguration security mission after vetting found they had ties to far-right fringe groups, a U.S. official told ABC News Tuesday.
“We don’t allow extremism of any type in our organization,” said Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau.
Two of the individuals were flagged due to “inappropriate” comments and texts while another 10 were removed for questionable behavior found in the vetting process, Hokanson said.
The twelve Guard members are among the 25,000 National Guard troops who have been sent to Washington to augment security at the inauguration in the wake of the violent Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Initially Tuesday morning, it was just two Guardsmen who were removed from the mission after vetting conducted by the FBI determined they had ties to extremist groups; that number grew as the day went on.
No details were immediately available about which State Guard units the twelve belonged to or about the nature of of the alleged ties
“Due to operational security, we do not discuss the process nor the outcome of the vetting process for military members supporting the inauguration," said a National Guard statement that referred additional questions to the U.S. Secret Service.
Every single one of the 25,000 Guardsmen now in D.C. has been vetted by the FBI that carries out background checks as part of the credentialing process, officials said.
The ramp-up in the number of Guardsmen in the nation's capital means there could be four times as many American military service members in the city than there are in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
I’d like to hear what groups are the far right. Are they gonna remove people from the far left
The far left doesn’t engage in treason. They engage in protesting for change. Not overthrowing a duly elected government.
Liar and traitor, convictmark
Aah more intelligent comments from madmike, the MENSA member.
You’re the convict
It is you that is the convicted child sex offender.
so, attacking federal courthouses and burning down businesses oh and taking over police stations is peaceful protesting, got it
Some members of those groups engaged in destructive and illegal behavior and were arrested. However none of the members of those groups advocated treason. They advocated change.
Supporting domestic terrorism, eh convict?
Cowboys for Trump, Boogaloo Bois, Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, the American Nazi Party along with all the various white supremacist groups and some Republicans in congress. Those are the groups. Anti-American treasonous filth.
They need to take these two treasonous punks and give them a good ass whipping with ax handles before they give them a dishonorable discharge.
More useless threats, coming from our very own keyboard coward!
Who you talking about? Madmike?
pretty sure he means you
Gaslighting MadAsfMike
National Guard = NG= No Go
Coming from a fag that got thrown out of the military.
Mark Turner61 You Are Indeed ‘A 1 Man Army’. Holding your own & Standing Your Ground. Standing uo for us on the Left when we’re not around to fend got self.🇺🇸🏋
Tattoo inspections, a surefire indication of Far Right allegiances
Right. They’re more like gang members and traitors than patriots.
Even though Im a Trump supporter, I will support our new president.
Uvacowboy, you seem like such a decent person. It is a mystery to me how you could support the orange buffoon when he is so obviously unfit for office and a danger to national security.
Sleepy Joe and his family have served the nation for many years. He is a decent man with a deep love and devotion to family, church, and nation. Unlike the orange buffoon who had only devotion to himself. Sleepy Joe will do just fine.
you need to clean your knees and wipe the shit off your chin
Thank you. I have been told I am a decent man. Could you be open minded and at least say any good things/policies that Trump did.
He signed a bill that protected National Parks. That’s about it.
Obama deported more people than Trump.
well good for you, thats your right. i on the other hand refuse to acknowledge him as my president
Well, that is to be expected from a person who has a directly opposite moral compass than the President. You are a white supremacist and a traitor. Biden is a Patriot and advocate for equal treatment of all races and creeds.
It was a fraudulent election. Venezuela has more fair elections than this one.
After we swear in an ACTUAL president tomorrow, I will cease posting on this site. Its time to get the fields ready for spring planting. My day will start at 4am and end after dark.
You’re the convict
Did they revoke your parole, convict?
Keep it up and pretty soon you won’t have any left. Most military leans conservative. Liberals don’t get, “Freedom isn’t free.”
I know hundreds of service members. Some of them are Republicans. Some of them are Democrats. None of them are traitors, white supremacists, or followers of the orange buffoon and the American Nazi Party.
You don’t know shit, loser!
All liberals “get it”. That’s why they are called liberals.
Get those ax handles and dishonorable discharge papers ready. 🇺🇸
Good!! That’s so when this idiot NG retire they won’t be Tripple dipping like a few of these old farts in here taking up space and oxygen!!
At least we completed careers, where you got your limp-wristed ass thrown out.
Let me tell you what Good Trump did while in office. Sent people 1800 dollars to all Americans. That’s about it. Muslim ban, climate accord pullout, locking kids in cages, turning back emission controls, giving the Rich and Corporations huge tax breaks, acted like a 12 year old instead of acting presidential, courted Nazis and Proud Boys, impeached twice, became best Buds with Putin, sent love letters to Kim Il Jong, phewwwwww! That’s the bad parts but I could go on all night on how this WAS the WORST PRESIDENT EVER.
History will prove you wrong.
No it doesn’t take history to prove him right or wrong. He just cited the facts to you. Additionally the ongoing criminal investigations and the charges of inciting insurrection will bring more to the forefront. This presidency was an unmitigated disaster for the nation and everyone, including you, knows so.
Party Time TOMORROW. President Biden will be dancing with Lady Gaga tomorrow while Trump will get a 21 gun salute and a small parade in Edward’s AB. McConnell will give Trump his Discharge Papers from the Republican Party later next month. That will effectively be the end of the Trump Shit Show FOREVER!!!!!!
I think they did away with that maggot’s departure celebration, didn’t they? He shouldn’t even be allowed to use Airforce One to go back to Florida. He should be forced to ride in the back of a migrant farm worker bus all the way. With all his fellow passengers made up of workers from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. He will be the only one on the bus who is a rapist.
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You are the only one on this site that is a rapist.
12 people out of 25,000? There are more anti-american @ssholes in this post than that.