Posted on 11/17/2021 5:12:05 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
The D.C. National Guard’s commanding general was directed twice by Pentagon leadership to send in troops as violence engulfed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, according to a newly released investigation that appears to undercut the now-retired general’s claim that he would have responded to the riot more quickly if Trump administration officials had allowed.
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy first notified Maj. Gen. William Walker by phone at 4:35 p.m. that Walker was authorized to send troops to Capitol Hill, and then called the general again “to reissue the deployment order” about 30 minutes after McCarthy “originally conveyed it,” an Army witness told investigators with the independent Defense Department Inspector General, according to a newly released report. A timeline of events that day, assembled by the inspector general’s office, also indicates separate calls were made.
The investigation’s findings bring new scrutiny to Walker, who earlier this year was lauded for his candor in publicly recounting how dysfunction at the Pentagon stalled the National Guard’s response as supporters of President Donald Trump brutalized police and panicked lawmakers pleaded for help. Speaking at a joint Senate hearing on March 3, Walker recalled having a quick reaction force (QRF) geared up and said he was frustrated by the speed at which senior defense officials were responding. He told senators it was 5:08 p.m. when he received approval to deploy.
The Capitol was breached at 1:50 p.m.
Three weeks later, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) appointed him House sergeant-at-arms, saying Walker was a “leader of great integrity” and that he would be “an important asset to the House, particularly in light of the January 6 insurrection.”
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Quell a “riot” that started after Capitol police allowed and encouraged the visitors through?
They seeded the crowd with agents provocateurs and then LET IT HAPPEN.
Damn the bastard. He might lose his position in January ‘23.
He needs to lose more than his position, he needs to lose his pension.
More FUD from the deep state weenies trying to cover up the deep state’s stupidity and incompetence.
And for all you brainwashed, 50 IQ Soros trolls on FR trying to present the deep state as 10-foot-tall Rambos, ESAD.
As they at work sometimes, “It’s time to put on safety glasses, this is the part of the project when the finger pointing starts.”
More BS from the compost...
The answer to every question used to be “42”
Now, the answer to every problem in Washington, is “Trump did it!”.
I’d say Walker exhibited a decided ‘lack of candor’
for which he was rewarded with a pay raise and pension grade bump
What did Pelosi know and when did she know it?
One of his House staffers was arrested on child porn charges in Oct...
Ryan McCarthy might have called William Walker that day, but I am not so sure I would believe Ryan McCarthy told Walker what McCarthy claims he told him. For all we know, Ryan McCarthy told him to sit tight and wait, setting him up to be the fall guy, and Pelosi helped by giving him the House job to make people suspect him more than McCarthy, and note the Wash PO is piling on Walker instead of McCarthy, too...which is suspect. (Things that make you go “hmmmm.....”)
Walker must have been part of the January 6 anti-Trump conspiracy and ordered not to deploy his NG troops.
I just love love love how the WP writes this as if they didn’t already know all these details back in January.
He’s black, he doesn’t need to follow orders if the democrats don’t want him to.
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