Trump asked for troops to do 'whatever was necessary' to protect demonstrators who went on to storm [View all]

[TomCADem]

Source: Business Insider

President Donald Trump asked for National Guard troops to be deployed to protect his supporters at the rally on January 6 that culminated in hundreds of them violently storming the Capitol, his former acting defense secretary told lawmakers on Wednesday.

Christopher Miller told the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Wednesday that he held a meeting with Trump on January 3, three days before the violent siege in Washington, DC, which resulted in at least five fatalities.

Miller said that Trump asked at the meeting if there had been any requests for National Guard support at the "Stop the Steal" rally on January 6, where Trump and his supporters would gather to make allegations of voter fraud in November's presidential election.

Miller said he told Trump that Muriel Bowser, the mayor of the District of Columbia, had requested unarmed National Guard support for the planned demonstrations on January 5 and 6.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-asked-for-troops-to-do-whatever-was-necessary-to-protect-demonstrators-who-went-on-to-storm-the-capitol/ar-BB1gH2Bt?li=BBnbfcL

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This might explain the delay in deploying National Guard troops. Trump wanted to whatever was necessary to assist the demonstrators in the insurrection.

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