Politico reports:
Donald Trump could have cleared up confusion and hastened the arrival of National Guard troops to quell the Capitol riot if he’d called Pentagon leaders on Jan. 6, 2021, according to recent closed-door congressional testimony by two former leaders of the D.C. guard.
Michael Brooks, the senior enlisted leader of the D.C. guard at the time of the riot, and Brigadier Gen. Aaron Dean, the adjutant general of the D.C. guard at the time, told House Administration Committee staffers that if Trump had reached out that day — which, by all accounts, he did not — he might have helped cut through the chaos amid a tangle of conflicting advice and miscommunication.
Trump never called any military leaders on Jan. 6, per testimony from senior Trump administration officials to the Jan. 6 select committee — a fact that the panel emphasized in its final report that concluded Trump was uniquely responsible for the violent Capitol attack by his supporters.
Read the full article. As you probably know, the cult has loudly lied for years that Nancy Pelosi and/or the DC mayor denied Trump calls for help from the National Guard.
Trump could have helped response to Jan. 6 riot — but didn’t — per new testimony https://t.co/26hkSRkWFi
— POLITICO (@politico) April 17, 2024