Pentagon inspector general raises questions about former D.C. Guard commander's Jan. 6 account

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Washington Post

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.



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[OAITW r.2.0]

1. 4:35 PM?

Why so late?

[elleng]

2. Right. We all were waiting and waiting,

including those of us who knew some local police.

[COL Mustard]

3. Something Is Rotten In The State Of Denmark

This doesn't track at all with what I remember from that day, and I had the day off, so was watching it closely, since I'm in the DC burbs. I could hear the Virginia State Police on their way to D from my house, and that was MUCH earlier than 4:30.

[chowder66]

4. I want to hear Walkers response. nt

[asiliveandbreathe]

5. Capitol breach 1:50pm..McCarthy 1st ntfy Walker by phone 4:35pm, and then again

30 min, later....and Walker remembers 508pm...

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.

Pentagon 2 1/2 hours after the breach..McCarthy makes call to deploy..and 30 min. later reissue deployment??..

Is Walker now the sacrificial lamb?? Scapegoat?? Is there no end?..So much lying, no wonder I am full of skepticism..

[justgamma]

6. OFFS

I don't give a darn about who said what when. If anyone who had heard TFG speeches, they knew there would be trouble. Why weren't they in place protecting the Capital before trouble started? Everyone in the world knew there would be trouble.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Exactly.

The horse-thief-in-chief said "Jan 6 will be wild!" He said it in December.

The horse thieves began ransacking the barn around 1:20. While tRump appointees sat around and watched them, from the safety of their offices while people were dying, not making calls.

So there is some kind of quibble as to whether a call was made at 4:35 or 5:08?

[DallasNE]

8. The Real Story Here

Is not whether the first request was made at 4:35 or 5:08 but what it wasn't made much closer to 1:50 when the Capitol was first breached.