Troops Await Orders Just Outside Washington, D.C.

“Approximately 1,600 active duty U.S. Army troops waited Wednesday just outside Washington, D.C., for a possible deployment into the streets of the nation’s capital as the Trump administration continued to weigh whether to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The troops arrived Monday as Pentagon officials prepared to implement a possible deployment order by President Trump.”

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said earlier that he doesn’t support using the troops.