Officials hint at closing DC border for Inauguration Day

Published January 15, 2021 9:40pm ET



Officials in the nation’s capital may close bridges and roads leading into Washington, D.C., in the coming days in an unprecedented move to further secure the city ahead of Inauguration Day.

“The United States Secret Service is considering some other closures inbound to Washington, and I think they will announce those when those decisions have been made,” Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, said at a press conference downtown Friday afternoon.

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