Oh, Liz Cheney! You gotta lotta ‘splaining to do!
In an exclusive published by The Federalist, written by editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway, it’s being reported that former congresswoman Liz Cheney (Republican?) and the rest of the January 6 Committee “suppressed evidence that President Donald Trump pushed for 10,000 National Guard troops to protect the nation’s capital.”
The committee had previously claimed that there was no evidence that Trump, nor anyone in his administration, requested the need for the 10,000 troops mentioned above.
According to the report:
Deputy Chief of Staff Anthony Ornato’s first transcribed interview with the committee was conducted on January 28, 2022. In it, he told Cheney and her investigators that he overheard White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows push Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to request as many National Guard troops as she needed to protect the city.
He also testified President Trump had suggested 10,000 would be needed to keep the peace at the public rallies and protests scheduled for January 6, 2021. Ornato also described White House frustration with Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller’s slow deployment of assistance on the afternoon of January 6, 2021.
Not only did the committee not accurately characterize the interview, they suppressed the transcript from public review. On top of that, committee allies began publishing critical stories and even conspiracy theories about Ornato ahead of follow-up interviews with him. Ornato was a career Secret Service official who had been detailed to the security position in the White House.
Related: The Blaze Journalist Covering Jan. 6 Tapes Surrenders to FBI, Put in Cuffs for Alleged Misdemeanors
Previous establishment narratives indicated that Trump “incited an insurrection,” despite him being quoted as telling protesters to “peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard” in their move to the Capitol.
However, if someone were to intentionally “incite an insurrection,” would they request 10,000 National Guardsmen ahead of the event in anticipation of nefarious activity?
The more and more information that comes out about the events of January 6, 2021, the more one scratches one's head in confusion over what really “incited” the actions of that day.
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