The 8-foot fencing that has surrounded the entire U.S. Capitol since early January will come down as soon as Friday, House officials announced.
Sergeant-at-Arms William Walker alerted lawmakers and staff in a memo Wednesday that the Capitol Police and other law enforcement officials “assessed the current threat environment” and jointly determined to take down the nonscalable fencing.
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