You make the call. Was the military called in by Trump, but ignored by the Military and Secretary of Defense? We now have what some say is absolute proof that Trump wanted the military for January 6th, and his orders were ignored. You make the call.
DoD Transcripts One Pager FINAL (house.gov)
CHAIRMAN BARRYLOUDERMILK @OVERSIGHTADMN
@REPLOUDERMILK
The DOD IG claims that the actions at the Pentagon were “reasonable in light of the circumstances” at the
Capitol on January 6, 2021. The IG also determined that “DoD officials did not delay or obstruct the
DOD’s response to the [U.S. Capitol Police’s] [Request for Assistance] on January 6, 2021.”
THE TRANSCRIPTS REVEAL OTHERWISE.
COMMANDING GENERAL WILLIAM WALKER, D.C. NATIONAL GUARD:
“My thoughts are that there has to be something else at play here. Why is there such a concern about
proximity to the Capitol? We hadn’t had that before.” *
“[General Piatt said] at 2:42pm “It would not be his best military advice to send the National Guard to the U.S.
Capitol at thistime….Military presence could make the situation worse and the optics were bad.” *
COLONEL EARL MATTHEWS, D.C. NATIONAL GUARD:
“The D.C. Guard could’ve gone in right away. But the Secretary of the Army did not give us the
approval.”*
“There was concern about being anywhere near the Capitol because of perception that the military would be
involved, that there would be militarization of the electoral process.”*
“We were seeing the Congress of the United States being overrun, and the Guard — and the Capitol Police, the
MPD need help. We had people at the D.C. Armory who are able to help, and they’re not moving. And they’re
not allowed to move. They’re not allowed to go down there.” *
“It’d be like, if there’s a five-alarm fire and you’re telling a volunteer fire company, “Don’t go respond to the
fire. Go to trees and pull cats or dogs out of trees to free up firemen to respond to the real fire.” I mean, it’s
ridiculous.” *
COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR MICHAEL BROOKS, D.C. NATIONAL GUARD:
“They were ready to go, and they just couldn’t understand why they were still sitting there. Literally sitting
on a bus, just waiting to drive to the Capitol and do the best they could do to support Capitol Police.” *
“People were like, “Why weren’t you there?” We were. We were waiting.” *
“We repeatedly told them, “We know what we’re doing. We just need you to give us the authorization” *
BRIGADIER GENERAL AARON DEAN, ADJUTANT GENERAL, D.C. NATIONAL GUARD:
“I thought to myself, “Okay. I’m not sure why we’re concerned about optics when it comes to, you know, saving
lives and preventing damage and loss of property, but okay.” *
“The lull time between that 2:30pm call and 5 o’clock, just nothing. It was like, that’s a little odd — very odd.
It put us in a bad situation, because we wanted to respond but we couldn’t. So we were just left there waiting
on word.” *
GENERAL WALTER PIATT, DIRECTOR OF ARMY STAFF:
“What we were afraid of is that military assets would be employed without military command, and that
weighed in heavily when forces were requested in support of January 6.” *
CHRISTOPHER RODRIGUEZ, D.C. HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT:
“So, it kind of shocked me, because we had a situation where the Metropolitan Police Department had been
on the scene at the Capitol for over an hour at that point, and we couldn’t get any additional support from
DOD.” *
TRANSCRIBED INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY
DOD IG: *
J6 SELECT: *
OVERSIGHT:
