National Guard whistleblowers accused Army brass of lying about why the National Guard was delayed in their deployment to the U.S. Capitol during the riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
Members of the National Guard arrive to secure the area outside the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. The witnesses testified before an oversight panel of the House Administration Committee, which is scrutinizing the investigation of the now-defunct Jan. 6 Select Committee.to the Capitol on the day that pro-Trump supporters breached the building to protest the congressional certification of the 2020 presidential election.
“They stated it would be in their best military advice to recommend to the Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy to deny the request from Command Gen.The Washington Times reached out to Lt. Gen. Flynn, Mr. McCarthy and Mr. Piatt for comment, but did not immediately hear back., who now serves as the House’s Sergeant at Arms, and that the Jan. 6 Select Committee accepted that he was responsible for theto the Capitol twice, once at 4:35 p.m. and again at 5 p.m.,” said Mr.
He called Lt. Gen. Flynn, who served as deputy chief of staff for operations on Jan. 6, and Mr. Piatt, then the director of Army staff — “absolute and unmitigated liars.”
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