US brace for pro-Trump protests at state buildings
BRENDAN O’BRIEN and RICH McKAY US law enforcement officials have battened down statehouses across the country in anticipation of potentially violent protests by Trump supporters who believe the baseless claim that electoral fraud robbed the president of a second term. More than a dozen states have activated National Guard troops to help secure their capitol buildings following an FBI warning of armed protests, with right-wing extremists emboldened by the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6. Security officials have eyed Sunday as the first major flashpoint, as that is when the anti-government "boogaloo" movement made plans…