ST. PAUL, Minn. – The threat of a major assault on the state Capitol, modeled in the January 6 riot at the national Capitol, are less credible by the moment. Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington said. Even so, he said, there will be a major police presence at the Capitol. Authorities will remain at a high level of vigilance up to the Biden inauguration Wednesday. “We are prepared to keep the peace as long as it takes,” he said. The high security precautions were triggered by FBI and ither agency alerts to expect extremists to attack state capitols nationwide following the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump. There were specific warnings from the FBI’s Minneapolis field office about right-wing Boogaloos. The warnings led Governor Tim Walz to call up the National Guard to bolster state and local law enforcement at and near the state Capitol through Wednesday’s inaugural. At a news conference Fridaywith Walz, Harrington callee the FBI warnings “now pretty dated.”
