‘Fundamentally Flawed’: DC Guard Official Decries Pentagon’s Jan. 6 Investigation
Mil & Intel
By Dustin Jones | December 07, 2021
A former senior legal adviser in the District of Columbia National Guard, or DCNG, called the Pentagon’s official report on the Jan. 6 riots a “fundamentally flawed” investigation, loaded with inaccuracies and a misrepresentation of the ability and willingness of the DC Guard to respond to the Capitol.
Far from being unprepared and undertrained, said Col. Earl G. Matthews, the DCNG — which calls itself the “Capital Guardians” — was ready to respond but was never given permission.
In a 36-page memo, Matthews, who served as the senior legal adviser to the head of the DC Guard, attacked the recent report by the Pentagon’s Inspector General’s office, which largely cleared senior military leaders of fault on Jan. 6. Matthews, though, writes that senior generals at the Pentagon were asleep at the switch as the riot worsened and then lied to both investigators and Congress about it.
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