2 senior US military officials involved in the response to the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol deny that they advised against the deployment of Washington, DC, National Guard because it wouldn’t have been “good optics.”
on the Capitol denied in testimony Tuesday that they advised against the deployment of District of Columbia National Guard because it wouldn’t have been “good optics.”
“I did not use the word 'optics,' nor did I hear the word used during the call on Jan. 6, 2021, in response to any requests for support or during the planning and execution of that support,” Flynn said Tuesday. “I also never heard LTG Piatt or any other Army senior leader use that word that day. My duty that day was to facilitate the planning and execution of Secretary McCarthy’s decisions and guidance.
Piatt said that McCarthy asked how fast the 40-member quick reaction force could respond to the Capitol. Piatt recounted that Walker said that the force “could be ready to move in 20 minutes.” McCarthy directed Walker to prepare the force but wait to deploy from the D.C. Armory until he received approval from then-acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller.
Wray warned that the extremists who he said commit violent criminal acts in furtherance of social or political goals “will very likely pose the greatest domestic terrorism threats in 2021 and likely into 2022.” In a statement, Capitol Police said it"welcomes and is already implementing many of the recommendations detailed" in Bolton's report.
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