US Capitol on alert as nation prepares for transfer of power from Trump to Biden – as it happened
by Maanvi Singh (now), Joanna Walters, Lauren Gambino from on (#5CZHM)
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Joanna Walters in New York and Martin Belam in London report:
Donald Trump is planning an early morning sendoff event for himself at a military airfield in Maryland on Wednesday several hours before his successor, Joe Biden, is inaugurated as the 46th US president at the Capitol in Washington DC.
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