
A mob broke into Congress on 6 January 2021, sending lawmakers fleeing as they were certifying President Joe Biden’s election victory three months earlier.
Trump is again running for president in a close race against Vice-President Kamala Harris. His running mate, JD Vance, recently said that if he had been US vice-president in 2021 he would not have certified the election results.
An attempt to assassinate Trump in July has also stoked security fears surrounding the election.
The Secret Service said they received multiple requests for upgraded security, including from Washington’s mayor and members of the House committee investigating the 2021 riots.
The agency said the classification of “national special security event” will allow for “significant resources” for local, state and federal agencies and will lead to the creation of a “comprehensive security plan”.
In Tuesday’s presidential debate, Trump blamed then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser for the 2021 riot, saying Bowser had turned down his offer to have the National Guard at the Capitol on 6 January.
Bowser, however, has said the president never made the offer and that as president, he had controlled the troops.
Events that have had the high-level security designation in the past include presidential inaugurations, the UN General Assembly, Nato summits and the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Utah.
The first Super Bowl after the 9/11 attacks, external, which was held in New Orleans in February 2002, was also given the designation.
Meanwhile, US Attorney General Merrick Garland condemned “an escalation of attacks” against the justice department in a speech on Thursday.
America’s top law official pushed back on “conspiracy theories, dangerous falsehoods…and threats of actual violence” that endanger the department’s employees.
The justice department has faced criticism from Republicans and Democrats for its handling of various politically charged investigations into both Trump and Biden.
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