Senior Pentagon officials took more than three hours to approve sending National Guard troops to the Capitol as it was being violently breached on Jan. 6, even as troops were loaded on buses and ready to go, the commanding general of the D.C. National Guard testified Wednesday.
“Consequently, at 5:20pm the District of Columbia National Guard arrived at the Capitol,” Walker wrote. “We helped to re-establish the security perimeter at the east side of the Capitol to facilitate the resumption of the Joint Session of Congress.” Acting Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy was not on the call, according to Walker even though others wanted him to be. Walker described that coordination as a stark contrast from the military’s response to civil unrest during racial justice protests over the summer, when McCarthy was in real-time contact with him about helping law enforcement.
Mark Milley, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is also backing up the Pentagon’s version of events. Hethat the Pentagon reacted at “sprint speed” to the request for aid to Congress. Mobilizing a large force of guard troops in a few hours amounts to lightning quickness in military terms, he emphasized.
Rather, they said, the available intelligence suggested that the volume of protesters would resemble turnout in November and December, when pro-Trump rallies sparked spasms of violence but were ultimately contained. Never, those former Capitol security officials said, did they anticipate an organized, coordinated assault on the legislative branch that would overwhelm the 1,200 officers on-site and result in a breach of the building.
Orders of Nancy Pelosi.
Are those involved going to be Prosecuted and, or, CourtMartialed? Attempted Coup!♦️
He should be fired
Yes, but Joe said that thing about vaccines, so, same same
And we all know who orchestrated the wait.
His Oath to US Constitution supersedes trump's appointees red tape. He should have deployed immediately and put the Insurrection down. The American people would have supported him. The deployment rules must be reviewed/changed
JohnCornyn Trump told them to stand by. Told them to fight. Told them to come to DC. Told them to stop the steal. Told them to go to the capitol. Told them to make pence stay strong and stop certification of trump’s loss. Waited to send national guard to stop them. Told them he loved them.
JohnCornyn Flynn.
That's why Trump hired Anthony Tata, Ezra Cohen-Watnick, Kash Patel, and Douglas MacGregor.
My Truth. The home grown Terrorists of Jan. 6, 2021....the ' Insurrectionists' should be sent to Guantanamo Bay, prisonhome to Terrorists.
Unbelievable.
Too slow! Move your a**es
Excuses equals involvement.
Getn. William Walker told senators that senior Pentagon leaders did not approve then-Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund’s “frantic” request until three hours and 19 minutes after Sund's initial plea
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