#Capitol Report: Cost of National Guard mission to protect U.S. Capitol estimated at $483 million

Deploying National Guard troops at the U.S. Capitol — which a pro-Trump mob stormed last month — will cost about $483 million, the government estimated Monday.

The figure covers the deployment through March 15 and is mostly personnel costs, according to John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary. He told reporters at a briefing Monday that personnel accounts for about $284 million of the total, while $199 million is for operations.