Trump by no means gave order to prepared troops for Jan. 6 deployment, ex-defense secretary testifies

Former President Donald Trump by no means issued orders to prepared 10,000 troops able to be deployed to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, former performing Protection Secretary Chris Miller informed congressional investigators.

This assertion, revealed by the Jan. 6 committee on Tuesday, clashes with claims made by Trump and his allies, as they argue this was a step the previous president did take to guard lawmakers on the day the Capitol riot disrupted lawmakers as they met to certify President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory.

“I used to be by no means given any path or order or knew of any plans of that nature. I used to be shocked by seeing that publicly,” Miller informed the Jan. 6 committee in video testimony. “Clearly, we had plans for activating extra of us, however that was not something greater than contingency planning. There was no official message visitors or something of that nature. … That was not a part of my plan or the Division of Protection’s plan.”

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Former White Home chief of workers Mark Meadows informed Fox News one month after the Capitol assault that Trump had requested an elevated presence of Nationwide Guard troops on the Capitol to guard his supporters on Jan. 6. Meadows then stated that request was denied by members of the Democratic-led Congress, together with Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

Trump echoed these claims in a press release in June, arguing he had “advised & provided” as much as 20,000 Nationwide Guard troops to be deployed to the Capitol as a result of he thought “the gang was going to be very giant.”

The Jan. 6 committee shared video of Miller's deposition after it wrapped up its summer season slate of summer season hearings. One other tranche of hearings is predicted in September. "To take away any doubt: Not solely did Donald Trump fail to contact his Secretary of Protection on January sixth (as proven in our listening to), Trump additionally failed to offer any order previous to January 6 to deploy the army to guard the Capitol," the panel stated in its tweet.

The ultimate summer season listening to final week revealed testimony from Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Employees, saying he didn't hear from the previous president in any respect whereas the riot was occurring. Keith Kellogg, a former nationwide safety adviser to then-Vice President Mike Pence, additionally testified that he by no means heard Trump ask for the Nationwide Guard or a regulation enforcement response.