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US military leaders followed the January 6 attack
US military leaders followed the January 6 attack through news reports and journalists’ tweets, according to new Pentagon emails released to Insider under the Freedom of Information Act
Insider obtained 48 pages of internal emails from the Department of Defense.
The emails detail how the Pentagon monitored the January 6 attack.
Initially, the military relied on journalists' tweets and news reports.
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As an armed mob rushed toward the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, an aide sent Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley an urgent update about congressional office building evacuations and "escalating protests."
The sources of this information: journalists' tweets
Together, this initial release of emails provides dramatic, if decidedly incomplete insight into Trump administration activities in the hours immediately before, during, and after a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters attacked the US Capitol on January 6.
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LOTS MORE:
https://www.businessinsider.com/january-6-capitol-attack-pentagon-foia-emails-2022-7
