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Exclusive: DOD ‘Intentionally Delayed’ National Guard Deployment To The Capitol On Jan. 6

  
Via:  Jeremy in NC  •  17 hours ago  •  31 comments

By:   The Federalist

Exclusive: DOD ‘Intentionally Delayed’ National Guard Deployment To The Capitol On Jan. 6
The Department of Defense (DoD) delayed the deployment of the National Guard on Jan. 6, 2021, according to a House Republican investigation.

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Federal bureaucrats within the Department of Defense (DoD) delayed the deployment of the National Guard on Jan. 6, 2021 and covered it up, according to a House Republican investigation of government conduct related to the Capitol riot.

On Thursday, Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., who is leading a review of the work completed by the partisan Jan. 6 probe run by then-Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, sent a letter to the inspector general for the Department of Defense demanding a correction to an agency report published in November 2021.

"This report was the final product of the DoD IG's review into the events of January 6, and reviewed how the DoD responded to requests for support as the events unfolded," Loudermilk, the chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight for the House Administration Committee, wrote. "Throughout the Subcommittee's extensive investigation into the failures of January 6, 2021, we have discovered numerous flaws and inaccuracies in the report that your office has yet to appropriately address."

Such flaws and inaccuracies, however, may have been part of a partisan cover-up after GOP lawmakers discovered the Pentagon was responsible for delays in guard deployment.

"After a thorough examination of emails and documents, including letters, memorandums, agreements, plans, orders, reports, briefings, statements made in congressional hearings, closed-door testimony to the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol ('Select Committee'), and closed-door testimony made to the DoD IG," Loudermilk wrote, "the Subcommittee's investigation has concluded that the Department of Defense intentionally delayed the deployment of the DC [National Guard] to the Capitol on January 6, 2021."

"Furthermore," Loudermilk added, "the Subcommittee also maintains that the DoD IG knowingly concealed the extent of the delay in constructing a narrative that is favorable to DoD and Pentagon leadership."

Loudermilk wrote the agency excluded testimony from myriad officials who blamed then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy for his failure to properly communicate with the National Guard over Jan. 6. Then-President Donald Trump had ordered 10,000 troops to be on standby for the day of electoral certification, a fact covered up by the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 which was eager to depict an apathetic commander-in-chief relishing in the violence at the Capitol.

In the days leading up to Jan. 6, Cheney had organized an op-ed by former defense secretaries days to preemptively condemn troop mobilization. Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, who was House speaker at the time, had also objected to the National Guard's preemptive deployment multiple time due to the "optics" of additional federal troops in the capital.

Kash Patel, who was chief of staff for the Department of Defense, wrote in March for The Federalist, "For over three years, I have done countless media interviews, answered numerous subpoenas, and testified before congressional committees and grand juries about the 45th president's actions regarding the National Guard in the lead-up to Jan. 6, 2021."

"Unfortunately for the propaganda press, the truth never changed, nor did any of my testimony," Patel wrote. "Indeed, Donald Trump authorized at least 10,000 National Guard troops days before Jan. 6 in the Oval Office with the secretary of defense, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, chief of staff to President Trump, me, and others present. Pursuant to that authorization, senior DOD officials were dispatched to D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser's office and the Capitol Police. Each of our respective testimonials, under oath, confirms this key fact."

Loudermilk requested the Defense Department inspector general correct its 2021 report regarding the National Guard's deployment "to ensure the accurate preservation of historical records."

Read the full letter from Rep. Loudermilk below:

https://www.scribd.com/document/795241826/11-21-2024-Loudermilk-DOD-IG-Letter?secret_password=Orob99OYmijLgEvJe68p#download&from_embed


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Jeremy Retired in NC
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1  seeder  Jeremy Retired in NC    17 hours ago

Pelosi and her merry band of partisan hacks lied to the country and many took those lies as fact.  

 
 
 
Sparty On
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1.1  Sparty On  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @1    17 hours ago
Pelosi and her merry band of partisan hacks lied to the country

Never in question to thinking, non triggered folks.

 
 
 
Vic Eldred
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2  Vic Eldred    17 hours ago

It is all coming out now AFTER THE ELECTION and BEFORE BONDI TAKES OVER THE FILES AT DOJ.

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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2.1  seeder  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  Vic Eldred @2    17 hours ago

Just like:

Cop who fatally shot J6 protestor has lengthy disciplinary record that includes gun incidents

The issues in officer Michael Byrd's background included a failed shotgun qualification test, a failed FBI background check, a suspension for a lost weapon and referral to prosecutors for firing his gun at a stolen car.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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2.1.1  JohnRussell  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @2.1    17 hours ago

Ashley Babbitt was killed attempting to violently enter a part of the House of Representatives that was visibly locked and barricaded .  The cop could reasonably presume she was up to no good and acted in defense of the representatives, which was his job. 

 
 
 
goose is back
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2.1.2  goose is back  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @2.1    16 hours ago

I fear they won't be able to any action against this officer due to double jeopardy. 

 
 
 
goose is back
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2.1.3  goose is back  replied to  JohnRussell @2.1.1    16 hours ago
The cop could reasonably presume she was up to no good and acted in defense

This cop was reckless in the shooting Babbit without warning and endangering other officers in the line of his fire. He should have been fired and charged. 

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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2.1.4  Greg Jones  replied to  JohnRussell @2.1.1    16 hours ago

She was attempting to climb through an already broken window and was UNARMED.

Nothing violent about it. She was murdered by a trigger happy cop.

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
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2.1.5  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Greg Jones @2.1.4    15 hours ago

Instead the liberal left as well as the J6 committee went out of their way to villify Babbit and make the police officer look like a good cop just doing his duty. He should have been held accountable.

 
 
 
Sparty On
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2.1.6  Sparty On  replied to  goose is back @2.1.3    15 hours ago
He should have been fired and charged. 

If he had shot a Biden supporter he would have been.

 
 
 
Right Down the Center
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2.1.7  Right Down the Center  replied to  Sparty On @2.1.6    14 hours ago
If he had shot a Biden supporter he would have been.

If Babbit were a minority many on the left would have gotten stuck if they should be outraged or not.  There would have been a massive brain reboot to try and get past  it.

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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2.1.8  seeder  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  JohnRussell @2.1.1    14 hours ago
Ashley Babbitt was killed

She was killed by somebody who should not have been in the position he was in.  

The cop could reasonably presume she was up to no good and acted in defense of the representatives, which was his job.

If that were true then she would have not been the only person killed that day.

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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2.1.9  seeder  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  goose is back @2.1.2    14 hours ago
ble to any action against this officer due to double jeopardy. 

There is always the civil side.

 
 
 
goose is back
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2.1.10  goose is back  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @2.1.9    14 hours ago
There is always the civil side.

I hope that's happening!

 
 
 
Right Down the Center
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2.1.11  Right Down the Center  replied to  JohnRussell @2.1.1    11 hours ago
The cop could reasonably presume she was up to no good

So that is what is required for a death sentence?

 
 
 
Ed-NavDoc
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2.2  Ed-NavDoc  replied to  Vic Eldred @2    16 hours ago

Wonder how many of said files pertaining to J6 will still be available or even still exist?

 
 
 
Jack_TX
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3  Jack_TX    17 hours ago

I wonder how much physical evidence will be released.

Without that, it's just one set of politicians accusing another set of lying, like 2 mafia families accusing each other of racketeering.

 
 
 
goose is back
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3.1  goose is back  replied to  Jack_TX @3    16 hours ago
I wonder how much physical evidence will be released

There is a bigger coverup taking place on Jan 6th that no one talks about, which is a pipe bomb at the DNC that could have possibly killed the new Vice President Kamala Harris.  

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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4  JohnRussell    17 hours ago
 Then-President Donald Trump had ordered 10,000 troops to be on standby for the day of electoral certification, a fact covered up by the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 which was eager to depict an apathetic commander-in-chief relishing in the violence at the Capitol.

Please post your evidence that Trump "ordered" 10,000 troops to be on standby.   Orders by the president are given in writing. Otherwise it may be on the level of him saying he could declassify top secret documents by thinking about them. 

But , aside from that we have evidence Trump didnt care about the riot.  He sat for hours watching it unfold live on television without doing so much as making a phone call to see what he could do to stop it. 

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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4.1  Greg Jones  replied to  JohnRussell @4    16 hours ago
"we have evidence Trump didnt care about the riot.  He sat for hours watching it unfold live on television without doing so much as making a phone call to see what he could do to stop it."

Well, show us that evidence, if in fact, it exists. How could he have stopped it once it started? A phone call? An email? Be specific.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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4.1.1  JohnRussell  replied to  Greg Jones @4.1    15 hours ago

Read the J6 report.  I'm tired of doing the work for people who are not interested. 

 
 
 
Jeremy Retired in NC
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4.1.2  seeder  Jeremy Retired in NC  replied to  JohnRussell @4.1.1    14 hours ago
Read the J6 report. 

Many have.  And know it as the fiction its being exposed as. Information like this suppressed to fulfill a partisan hissy fit.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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4.1.3  JohnRussell  replied to  Jeremy Retired in NC @4.1.2    13 hours ago
Many have.  And know it as the fiction its being exposed as. Information like this suppressed to fulfill a partisan hissy fit.

Since you know absolutely nothing about the J6 Report excuse me if I dont listen to you about it.

 
 
 
Jack_TX
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4.2  Jack_TX  replied to  JohnRussell @4    15 hours ago
Please post your evidence that Trump "ordered" 10,000 troops to be on standby.

I'm skeptical about this, too.   It just seems a massively implausible claim.

 
 
 
Thomas
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4.2.1  Thomas  replied to  Jack_TX @4.2    8 hours ago

He did not. There is no evidence that he did.

He made the suggestion (possibly because he was aware that the people who he had been/was lying to were going to "be there. It'll be wild") to one of his underlings... I think that they shot it down because of the optics of the president walking down to the Capitol (right after excoriating the mob with "If you don't fight like hell, you won't have a country." ) with 10,000 troops in tow to make sure that congress performed their duties "faithfully" would seem kind of like a coup. It has been awhile since I have studied it, but I believe that was the general idea.

Does the DC National Guard even have 10,000 members?

 
 
 
Drakkonis
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4.3  Drakkonis  replied to  JohnRussell @4    4 hours ago
Please post your evidence that Trump "ordered" 10,000 troops to be on standby.

Here you go. 

CHAIRMAN BARRY LOUDERMILK
 @REPLOUDERMILK
 @OVERSIGHTADMN
 SEPT. 16, 2024

 Previously concealed by the Biden-Harris Administration’s Department of Defense, the Subcommittee has uncovered statements by key personnel involved in the deployment of the D.C. National Guard to the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. These new transcripts indicate that senior Pentagon officials unnecessarily delayed  the DC National Guard response to the Capitol on January 6 due to “optics” concerns. 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.

 QUOTES
 GENERAL MARK MILLEY, CHAIRMAN, JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF:

  •  “[January 3, 2021] The President just says, ‘Hey, look at this. There’s going to be a large amount of protesters here on the 6th, make sure that you have sufficient National Guard or Soldiers to make sure it’s a safe event.’” *
     
  • “[POTUS said] ‘Hey, I don’t care if you use Guard, or Soldiers, active duty Soldiers, do whatever you have to do. Just make sure it’s safe.’” *

 CHRISTOPHER MILLER, ACTING SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: 

  • “The President commented that they were going to need 10,000 troops the following day... I interpreted it as  a bit of presidential banter or President Trump banter that you all are familiar with, and in no way, shape, or  form did I interpret that as an order or direction.” *
  •  “[On January 6, 2021] everyone was like, “Did you listen to the President’s speech?” I’m like “The guy speaks  for 90 minutes it’s like Castro or something.” No, I’ve got work to do.” *
  •  “I was cognizant of the fears that the President would invoke the Insurrection Act to politicize the military in an anti-democratic manner. And, just before the Electoral College certification, 10 former Secretaries of Defense signed an op-ed piece published in The Washington Post warning of the dangers of politicizing and  using inappropriately the military. No such thing was going to occur on my watch.” *
  •  “There was absolutely -- there is absolutely no way I was putting U.S. military forces at the Capitol, period.”*
  •  “The operational plan was this, let’s take the D.C. National Guard, keep them away from the Capitol.”*

 CHIEF STEVEN SUND, U.S. CAPITOL POLICE:

  •  “I’m making an urgent request for the National Guard. We are being overrun. I gave a quick rundown of what we had going on and that officers out there are fighting for their lives. We were about to be taken over.  The representative from the Secretary of the Army said, “I don’t like the optics of National Guard standing in a  line with the Capitol in the background.”” *
  •  “I explained to them that the building is being breached. I need their assistance immediately. He [General Piatt] said, “My recommendation to the Secretary of the Army is to not support the request.” *

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 this time....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:

Also, Trump doesn't have to give the orders in writing. He just has to give them, which he clearly did. 

In the end, the Generals and whoever else was responsible for making the decisions were clearly more worried about optics and the political ramifications then they were about doing their job. At the very least, the acting SecDef should have been put in prison for gross insubordination and dereliction of duty. 

 
 
 
Greg Jones
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5  Greg Jones    16 hours ago

House and Senate are going to be very busy passing Trump's agenda but can hopefully set aside enough time to investigate these partisan duplicitous scoundrels. 

 
 
 
Dismayed Patriot
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6  Dismayed Patriot    9 hours ago

Ah yes, once again rightwing conservatives are trying to deflect and distract from the fact that their fellow Trump supporters attacked the capital and tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power. None of the above changes that simple fact. Also, just because Pelosi didn't want to preemptively deploy the national guard DOES NOT IN ANY WAY put the attack on the capital on Democrats. But I'm sure the traitors to our nation and constitution, those defending Trump and the insurrectionists, will continue to try to deflect and distract because it's all those weak fucking losers have.

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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6.1  JohnRussell  replied to  Dismayed Patriot @6    9 hours ago

Simply put , they blame everybody but Trump. The police for letting them enter the building, the mayor of DC, Nancy Pelosi, the guard that shot Babbitt, Liz Cheney, the media, ad nauseum. 

 
 
 
JohnRussell
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6.1.1  JohnRussell  replied to  JohnRussell @6.1    8 hours ago

Why were those people even there on Jan 6th?   Because Trump had been lying to them, non stop,  for 2 months.

 
 
 
Drakkonis
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6.2  Drakkonis  replied to  Dismayed Patriot @6    an hour ago
Ah yes, once again rightwing conservatives are trying to deflect and distract from the fact that their fellow Trump supporters attacked the capital and tried to stop the peaceful transfer of power.

Since the article is about the DoD's response to that event, wouldn't that make you the one trying to deflect and distract? Is there something wrong with talking about how the DoD reacted on that day?

I mean, it's pretty clear to me that the DoD's response to the riot was every bit as bad as the riot itself, especially since they had the National Guard ready to go but refused to use them for what seems like political reasons. The National Guard should have been on their way to the capital the moment the rioters left the park and headed there.

In my opinion, they delayed the deployment of the Guard because they wanted the riot to happen. It was the first thought in my head as soon as I saw the live broadcast. The second thought in my head is that Pelosi was probably having unending orgasms. What's so funny is that the stated reason for not deploying the Guard was "bad optics", never mind that the Capital being overrun by a riot with absolutely no effective, or even noticeable response from the government was itself about the worst optics there could be. The only reason I can see for that is that the capital being overrun by Trump supporters was very good optics, for the Dems. And so political generals delayed the Guard.

That's what seems obvious to me. It's either that or we entrusted the safety of our country to generals so incompetent it beggars the imagination. 

 
 

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