Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Trump did not sign an order to deploy 20,000 troops on Jan. 6

 https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-trump-order-national-guard-156055113284

CLAIM: Former President Donald Trump signed an order to deploy 20,000 National Guard troops before his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but was stopped by the House sergeant at arms, at the behest of Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. While Trump was involved in discussions in the days prior to Jan. 6 about the National Guard response, he issued no such order before or during the rioting. Speaker Pelosi does not control National Guard troops.

THE FACTS: New footage released Thursday of House lawmakers on Jan. 6 has sparked a resurgence of false claims and conspiracy theories about the insurrection.

3 comments:

  1. Yeah, let's believe apnews instead of actual video evidence.

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  2. Where is your evidence? Oh you claim the Democrats destroyed it?!

    Even Fox News made no such claim!
    Trump has made such unverified claims as have some right wing rags

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jan-6-committee-allegedly-suppressed-testimony-showing-trump-admin-pushed-national-guard-presence-report


    Cheney spokesperson Jeremy Adler told Fox News Digital on Sunday morning that The Federalist’s report is "flatly false."

    "The Federalist report is flatly false. No transcripts were destroyed, and as this letter (which has long been public) describes in detail, the Committee adhered to its obligations to allow the Secret Service to protect sensitive security information for interviews of its agents before preserving that testimony in the archives," Adler said in a statement.

    "Also, relevant content of the Secret Service transcripts was summarized in multiple places in the report… This is all a continuation of efforts to lie about and cover up Donald Trump’s culpability for January 6th," he added, providing links to summarized Secret Service transcripts.

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