About 20,000 National Guardsmen could arrive in Washington, officials say, in swelling inauguration security effort – The Washington Post

Another 5,000 members of the National Guard could arrive to support Inauguration Day security in Washington, D.C., city officials said Wednesday, which would increase the total to at least 20,000 in a rapidly swelling security apparatus focused on the Capitol.

“I think you can except to see somewhere upwards beyond 20,000 members of the National Guard that will be here in the footprint of the District of Columbia,” acting D.C. police chief Robert J. Contee III said at a news conference.