Capitol Police ask Pentagon for help ahead of Sept. 18 rally

[mystery-ak]

Capitol Police ask Pentagon for help ahead of Sept. 18 rally
By Ellen Mitchell - 09/15/21 04:36 PM EDT

Capitol Police has asked the Pentagon to provide military personnel ahead of Saturday’s pro-Trump Jan. 6 rally in Washington, D.C., the Defense Department confirmed Wednesday.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the department has “received a request from the Capitol Police for some assistance for this weekend’s scheduled protest.”

He would not say more on the specific request, noting that it is typical Defense Department policy to let the agency asking for assistance be the ones to speak on the details.

Kirby added that Pentagon officials are currently analyzing the request and “if it can be validated and supported, we’ll do that.”

Security officials and congressional leaders are making sure they will not be blindsided by Saturday’s rally which is intended to show support for those who have been charged in connection to the Capitol riot.

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https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/572469-capitol-police-asked-pentagon-for-help-ahead-of-sept-18-rally

[EdinVA]

“if it can be validated and supported, we’ll do that.”

But when Trump requested support during the DC BLM riots, you said you could not...... politics...

[rangerrebew]

Capitol Police request National Guard support for Sept. 18 rally backing Jan. 6 rioters
By Meghann Myers
 Sep 15, 05:14 PM
 

If demonstrators flood the Capitol on Saturday to show their support for Jan. 6 insurrectionists detained in Washington, D.C., there may be troops helping hold the line.

The Capitol Police have requested a military presence in their planning for the protest, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Wednesday.

“I’m not going to detail the specific request, as is typical ... what I can tell you is, that it will follow the same process that all requests for assistance of the department, when it comes from an outside agency, go through,” Kirby said.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/09/15/capitol-police-request-national-guard-support-for-sept-18-rally-backing-jan-6-rioters/

[rangerrebew]

First, the congress should decided if, then who, will pay the Guard.

[catfish1957]

If Congress only had the same fear and paranoia for the people that were left in Afghanistan that they do against "Right Wing Extremist", we'd had a clean break over there.

[EdinVA]

For over a year pelosi allowed the united state to burn and refused to call out the military to stop it.
Not she is all over an event to protest for the civil rights of the jan 6 political prisoners.

[mountaineer]

Anyone else think maybe this Sept. 18 event is brought to you by the fine folks of the FBI?

Kurt Schlichter does:

Kurt Schlichter
@KurtSchlichter
Just want to congratulate the FBI on its great job with the molested girls of the Olympic team and to salute it for the great work in trying to frame people this weekend. You should all be super proud of what you do.
9:46 PM · Sep 15, 2021·

[sneakypete]

Cool! The NG won't have to go far to arrest them for violating citizens rights.

[sneakypete]

Anyone else think maybe this Sept. 18 event is brought to you by the find folks of the FBI ?

@mountaineer

You misspelled "fiend".

[mountaineer]

Oops, meant "fine," but several other adjectives apply.