Trump inauguration ‘potential target’ for threats, agencies warn

U.S. national security agencies are warning that President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration will be “an attractive potential target” for violent extremists even as they say there are no specific credible threats.

Potential perpetrators, particularly those with “election related grievances,” may see the president-elect’s swearing-in as “their last opportunity to influence the election results through violence,” a group of intelligence and law enforcement agencies wrote in a threat assessment, which hasn’t been made public, and was reviewed by POLITICO.

The agencies’ concerns reflect the heightened political — and potentially violent — environment in which Trump will assume power. Law enforcement, too, are beefing up security efforts for Jan. 20. Police from around the country will pour into D.C. The city’s police department will be reinforced with around 4,000 officers, police chief Pamela Smith said at a press conference Monday. That’s in addition to the nearly 1,000 officers supporting Capitol Police, a Capitol security official said.