Former D.C. National Guard official accuses two generals of lying to Congress about the Army's delayed response to January 6: Calls them 'absolute and unmitigated liars'
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - Col. Earl Matthews called Gen. Charles Flynn and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt 'absolute and unmitigated liars'
- Matthews at the time was serving as the top attorney to then-D.C. National Guard commander Maj. Gen. William Walker
- According to Matthews, both Piatt and Flynn, the highest-ranking Army officers opposed deploying the Guard on a 2:30 pm conference call
- Matthews alleges that the generals were concerned about optics
- Both men have denied to Congress that they said the Guard should not deploy to the Capitol
Posted by: Skidmark 2021-12-07 |