"Bombshell" Transcripts Show That Trump Urged Milley to Deploy Troops to Capitol on January 6th -- the Worst Day in American History -- but Milley Refused Due to "Politics"

Every single word they say is a lie, including the the's and the and's.

Then-President Donald Trump gave clear instructions to Pentagon brass days before the Jan. 6 riots to "do whatever it takes" to keep the U.S. Capitol safe, including deploying National Guard or active-duty troops, but top officials did not comply because of political concerns, according to transcripts of bombshell interviews conducted by the Defense Department's chief watchdog that shine new light on government disfunction ahead of the historic tragedy.

Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff, confirmed to the Pentagon inspector general three years ago that during a Jan. 3, 2021, Oval Office meeting Trump pre-approved the use of National Guard or active duty troops to keep peace in the nation's capital on the day Congress was to certify the results of the 2020 election.

Milley's interviews were among several key to transcripts obtained by House Administration Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., and shared with Just the News.

"The President just says, 'Hey look at this. It's going to be a large amount of protesters come in here on the 6th, and make sure that you have sufficient National Guard or Soldiers to make sure it's a safe event,'" Milley told the inspector general in one of two interviews he did in spring 2021 during a probe of the Pentagon's response to Jan. 6.

Milley said then-Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller, himself a former general, assured Trump there was an adequate safety plan for Pentagon assistance to Washington, D.C. "Miller responds by saying, 'Hey, we've got a plan, and we've got it covered.' And that's about it," Milley recalled.

Milley confirmed a second time during the interviews that Trump was clear in his wishes. "It was just what I just described, which was, 'Hey, I don't care if you use Guard, or soldiers, active-duty soldiers, do whatever you have to do. Just make sure it's safe," the general told the IG.

The transcripts of Milley's April 8, 2021, and April 16, 2021, interviews confirm reporting by Just the News two years ago that Trump wanted troops to keep the capital city safe.

But other transcripts gathered by Loudermilk during his subcommittee's ongoing probe of Jan. 6 security failures show civilian leadership at the Pentagon admitt[ing] openly they would not comply with Trump's wishes, with some saying they did not like the optics of armed soldiers or Guardsmen roaming the Capitol with weapons during what was supposed to be a peaceful transition of power.

"There was absolutely -- there is absolutely no way I was putting U.S. military forces at the Capitol, period," Miller told the inspector general during his March 2021 interview.

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Miller admitted there was a political calculus to his decision not to deploy troops near or at the Capitol ahead of time for preventative security.

"I hate to use the word optics because it's been used and so prejudicially and negatively. It wasn't the optics. It was like there was would have been huge political consequences that, because that's what I got paid to do. Is I had the factor in the politics of this and that was my concern is the situation does not warrant at this time U.S. military forces," he explained.

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Loudermilk said he is deeply concerned that Pentagon officials substituted their own personal politics for the president's instructions.

"President Trump directed senior DoD leaders to ensure events on J6 be safe. They ignored his guidance, prioritized optics concerns over security, and pushed a flawed narrative in their IG report," he wrote on the X social platform last week. "The American people deserve the full truth."

Meanwhile, the FBI agent assigned to investigate the first assassination attempt is, of course, a bitter, hardcore Trump and Republican hater, because you want to make sure this "investigation" is being handled by a fellow cultist.

The FBI agent leading the investigation into the second Trump assassination attempt was probed for allegedly targeting conservative agents for their viewpoints and retaliating against them for making protected disclosures as whistleblowers, according to a new letter delivered to Congress by a government watchdog which represents several FBI whistleblowers.

The group--Empower Oversight--sent the letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan Thursday ahead of a planned hearing in the Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on September 25 about the retaliation allegations.

The group's president, Tristan Leavitt, wrote that Jeffrey Veltri, current Special Agent in Charge of the Miami field office and agent leading the investigation into the second Trump assassination attempt, was at the center of the bureau's retaliation against whistleblowers and agents that held conservative views, according to information from new whistleblowers from the FBI's Security Division--known as SecD.

Veltri headed that division when he served as Deputy Assistant Director and Section Chief of SecD. He worked with the division since 2021 when he was appointed section chief of the Security Integrity and Investigations Section of the division. In March, FBI Director Christopher Wray appointed Veltri to lead the Miami Field Office.

However, Leavitt says Veltri's appointment to that role was delayed because the Congress began to probe the FBI over allegations that the bureau was improperly suspending clearances. At the time, the FBI leadership also reportedly learned of an internal investigation into Veltri for retaliation against an investigator in his division for blowing the whistle.

Several bureau whistleblowers--including Marcus Allen, Garrett O'Boyle, and Steve Friend--previously shared allegations with Congress that FBI officials retaliated against them for expressing concern about how the investigative handled Jan. 6 cases and allegedly targeted pro-life groups in the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Of course. It's all about January 6th. That is the hill the Deep State has decided to attack America from.

posted by Ace at 03:08 PM

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