A group of Virginia National Guard patrol around the razor wire fence surrounding the U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington Samuel Corum/Getty Images
Two Army National Guard members have been removed from the inauguration security mission after vetting found they had ties to far-right fringe groups, a U.S. official told ABC News Tuesday.
No details were immediately available about which State Guard units the two belonged to or about the nature of of the alleged ties.
Every single one of the 25,000 Guardsmen now in D.C. has been vetted by the FBI that carries out background checks as part of the credentialing process, officials said.
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