Why Didn't Pelosi & McConnell Request The National Guard For J6?
Tucker interviewed Capitol Police Chief, Steven Sund. The interview took place at Fox and was never aired. Gotta wonder why. Regardless, Tucker now operates independently, re-did the interview and it's now out on YouTube. About 55 minutes long, and worth watching.
Takeaways: Why was the intelligence regarding potential threats withheld from the Capitol Police? Why did Pelosi & McConnell ignore the threats and decline assistance from the National Guard?
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Below is the Capitol Police's documented timeline of what transpired up to Jan. 6th: The police acknowledge the threat of opposing protest groups no later than Dec. 16th. They begin developing their actions plan Dec. 18th. As days pass, the threat assessment escalates. On Jan. 2, Carol Corbin of the Dep't of Defense reaches out to Deputy Chief, Sean Gallagher to ask if Nat Guard resources are needed. On Jan. 3, no request forthcoming. On Jan. 4, Sund contacts the Sergeant of Arms of both the House & Senate to requests authorization for the Nat Guard, and is denied. - remember that at the point Sund makes this request, Trump has already given authorization (per Sec of Defense Chris Miller's testimony), and Sund doesn't have a complete picture of the full threat.
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If not mistaken Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez acknowledged she’d heard or been made aware prior to the event, of possible problems that occurred on 6 Jan. The events of Jan 6th didn’t on one day, just materialize out of thin air.
No doubt, there were people in our intelligence communities who very likely had prior knowledge of what might take place, on the 6th. If they were aware of such information and passed it on; you would think Pelosi and McConnell knew that;, and IMO simply chose to not take steps necessary to protect the Capitol.
@soar2newhighs I'm sure several others who knew, but it was Pelosi's & McConnell's call. And Pelosi calls for the resignation of Sund the following day.
@BizSuitStacy Just speculation, but given this is one of the things Trump might be on trial for, there is an awful lot that will come out. That may not be good for those who conducted the January 6th committee hearings, and the sudden disappearance of evidence related, probably will be brought out and put under scrutiny.
@soar2newhighs This is just one piece of the whole puzzle. They knew hundreds of thousands of people would be there, and there was a lot of intelligence to indicate there would violence (protestors and counter protestors). If what Sund is say to Tucker about some intelligence being withheld from him, then you have strong evidence that what happened on J6 wasn't something unexpected. Trump authorized the assistance from the NG, but it has to be requested. A contact from the DoD reached out and asked if Nat Guard support was needed, and was declined. And from the timeline recorded by the police, you see that was concerned enough to ask the HSAA & SSAA if the NG was needed. Once again, it was declined.
