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D.C. lockdown for inauguration to start Wednesday

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In an escalation of inauguration security following the Capitol riot, federal authorities plan to lock down a massive swath of downtown Washington on Wednesday, six days earlier than originally planned.

Why it matters: The earlier shutdown is based on warnings about pre-inauguration demonstrations planned for this weekend in capitals throughout the country, as well as tighter security after the Capitol siege. 

  • The Department of Homeland Security announced that the window for the National Special Security Event, which will involve tens of thousands of National Guard troops and federal law enforcement personnel, will begin Jan. 13, rather than the previously scheduled Jan, 19, the day before the inauguration. Continue reading.

The Daily 202: Michael Cohen asked to sign stay-out-of-jail agreement that may violate his First Amendment rights, lawyers say

Washington Post logoMichael Cohen, President Trump’s former personal attorney, is back in solitary confinement at a federal prison facility in Otisville, N.Y., and legal scholars across the political spectrum are expressing alarm about his treatment.

Their objections center on a Federal Bureau of Prisons agreement Cohen was asked to sign last week that he and his lawyers say would limit the ex-Trump ally’s ability to work on books, including a forthcoming tell-all about the president.

Cohen’s return to jail last week is likely to open yet another legal front for a man who once described himself as Trump’s loyal “fixer” but later offered testimony implicating the president in possible crimes. Continue reading.

For Trump, It’s Personal

President Donald Trump perceived loyalty to be a job requirement. The last month has tested his expectations.

THE UNITED STATES Supreme Court, the highest authority of the independent judicial branch of government, handed down a ruling Thursday that had a profound impact on some 700,000 young people who faced deportation but now have the hope of staying in America legally, continuing to work, study and serve in the U.S. military.

President Donald Trump took it as a personal affront.

“Do you get the impression that the Supreme Court doesn’t like me?” the president tweeted after the high court ruled against his effort to undo DACA, the Obama-era policy legalizing the status of certain young people brought here illegally by their foreign-born parents. Continue reading.