President Joe Biden asked his intelligence chief to launch a “comprehensive threat assessment” into domestic terrorism in the wake of the deadly Capitol riots, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday.
The invasion of the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump “underscored what we have long known: The rise of domestic violent extremism is a serious and growing national security threat,” Psaki said at a press briefing.
Biden asked the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, led by his newly Senate-confirmed pick Avril Haines, to coordinate with the FBI and the Homeland Security Department to gather fact-based analysis from across the government on domestic violent extremism, Psaki said.
