Trump's defense secretary denies there were orders to have 10K troops ready to deploy on January 6

Former acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller told the House select committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection that former President Donald Trump never gave him a formal order to have 10,000 troops ready to be deployed to the Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to new video of Miller's deposition released by the committee.

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Nanoose · 70-79, M

It was likely Pence that ordered troops and law enforcement and I am pretty sure they already have proof of that from looking at his phone records. Cheers!

ElwoodBlues · M

@Nanoose My understanding is that Pence made multiple calls requesting or attempting to order troops and law enforcement to help out at the Capitol on Jan 6, but that he is not on the primary chain of command, so whatever he said didn't immediately produce a response.

Nanoose · 70-79, M

@ElwoodBlues Yeah I think there will be plenty of stuff on Pence's phone that will prove Trump did nothing to stop the riot and then lied to Americans by claiming he was the hero that stopped it quickly. Cheers!