Pentagon: National Guard Deployment at US Capitol to End

Before sunrise members of the National Guard stand behind a barbed wire fence permitter surrounding the Capitol in Washington on March 4, 2021. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images

The Department of Defense confirmed on May 19 that the National Guard mission that was set up at the U.S. Capitol following the Jan. 6 breach will end on May 23.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters during a briefing that the deployment is expected to wrap up by that date.