Former President Donald Trump was criticized for failing to squelch the Capitol riot, but ahead of the January 6 rally, he requested that the Secretary of Defense pull out all the stops to protect people's First Amendment rights.
Christopher Miller, former acting secretary of defense, defended his response to the Capitol riot before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. He pushed back on beliefs that there were delays in the deployment of federal resources and told legislators he filled the request he received for National Guard members....
It took more than three hours for National Guardsmen to be deployed to the Capitol, which frustrated Major General William Walker, commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard. Walker told Congress in March that he believed deploying the National Guard sooner "would have made a difference" because they could have helped "extend the perimeter and push back the crowd."
...While he spoke to Trump ahead of the riot, Miller told the committee he didn't communicate with the former president as the riot unfolded. He said he "didn't need to" because he had the necessary authority and "knew what had to happen."
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-told-christopher-miller-do-whatever-necessary-protect-demonstrators-ahead-capitol-riot-1590993
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