butters
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seems there are 2 voices of authority calling a 3rd a liar, plus other voices backing them up about why the deployment of forces to the capitol 1/6/21 were delayed so long
https://www.rawstory.com/capitol-riot-2655980799/?
https://www.rawstory.com/capitol-riot-2655980799/?
^^also backed by a staffer of Walker who told the 6th committee much the same thing re lack of calls and the army sec being 'incommunicado'Former Acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller claimed he gave Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy full discretion to employ the D.C. National Guard (DCNG) in force to the Capitol at 3:04 p.m. But McCarthy felt the need to go back to Miller to report a plan of deployment, explained columnist Amanda Carpenter in The Bulwark.
In the memo, Matthews disagreed with Army leadership about their claims that they utilized the three hours to facilitate a plan for Guard mobilization and that McCarthy had to twice call upon Walker to implement and that "Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy was strangely incommunicado during that time period." In fact, Walker and Matthews claim these calls from McCarthy never took place.
Matthews went on to say the DoDIG report was full of inaccuracies and demonstrably false testimony and statements and, as such, could not be trusted as such a report might normally be.Piatt said that Miller didn’t approve the activation of the National Guard until just after 3 p.m. ET, a decision that didn’t get relayed to Walker until just after 5 p.m. ET. McCarthy claimed that there was “tremendous confusion” during this timeframe and that Miller told him to “get a plan. Put it all together, and then go.”
The DoDIG report stated that McCarthy presented his plan to have the Guard "meet and follow MPD to conduct perimeter security and clearance operations” to acting SecDef Miller at 4:30 p.m. Five minutes later, the DoDIG report claimed McCarthy called Walker again, this time to direct him to immediately move all available National Guard personnel from the Armory.
Matthews said the call never took place and that there was a glaring omission from the DoDIG report.
"Between 4:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., before DCNG personnel had deployed to the Capitol, McCarthy spent nearly 20 minutes in a live nationally televised press conference with Mayor Bowser and Chief Contee.”