Trump’s defense secretary testifies there was no order from the president to deploy National Guard on Jan 6
July 27, 2022 | Kevin Haggerty
The January 6 committee’s latest attempt at a smoking gun appeared to only further cloud the facts Tuesdays when testimony of former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller was released that seemingly contradicted previous statements.
In seeking to recommend criminal charges against former President Donald Trump for allegedly “inciting an insurrection” on Jan. 6, 2021 when the U.S. Capitol was breached, the select committee has sought to provide concrete evidence of intent from the president. To counter that narrative, Trump has often referred to his recommendation for use of the National Guard to ensure the safety of all that had flocked to Washington, D.C. the day the 2020 presidential election was being certified.
Tuesday evening, the Jan. 6 committee released testimony from Miller “To remove any doubt,” that this did not happen stating on social media, “Not only did Donald Trump fail to contact his Secretary of Defense on January 6th (as shown in our hearing), Trump also failed to give any order prior to January 6 to deploy the military to protect the Capitol.”
In the audio, an interviewer begins by referencing a statement from former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Fox News in the weeks following Jan. 6, “In February 2021 Mark Meadows said on Fox News that, ‘Even in January, that was a given as many as 10,000 National Guard Troops were told to be on the ready by the secretary of defense.’ Is there any accuracy to that statement?”
“I’m not — not from my perspective,” Miller replied. “I was never given any direction or order or knew of any plans of that nature. So I was surprised by seeing that publicly. But I don’t know the context or even where it was.”
“So, no, there was — obviously we had plans for activating more folks,” he went on, “but that was not anything more than contingency planning. There was no official message traffic or anything of that nature regarding-”
The interviewer sharply cut in to make clear the point, “So, just so we’re clear, you did not have 10,000 troops, ‘to be on the ready’ for January 6 prior to January 6?”
“A nonmilitary person probably could have some sort of weird interpretation,” Miller contended but no…That was not part of my plan or the Department of Defense’s plan.”
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