 [Federalist via ZERO] Former Rep. Liz Cheney (of the revolving door Haliburton --> White House --> war profiteer dynasty) came unglued this weekend following a report by The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway, which accuses Cheney and the January 6 committee of suppressing exonerating evidence of then-President Trump's push for 10,000 national guard troops to protect the nation's capital on the day of the Capitol riot.
To summarize The Federalist;
Cheney and the J6 committee "falsely claimed they had "no evidence" to support Trump officials’ claims the White House had communicated its desire for 10,000 National Guard troops."
In truth, an early transcribed interview conducted by the committee "included precisely that evidence from a key source."
That key source, Deputy Chief of Staff Anthony Ornato, said he overheard White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows push DC Mayor Muriel Bowser to request as many National Guard troops as needed to protect DC on Jan. 6.
Ornato also testified that Trump suggested 10,000 troops to keep the peace at public rallies and protests scheduled for Jan. 6, 2021 - and that the White House was frustrated with Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller's slow deployment of assistance on the day of the riot.
Ornato's testimony was corroborated by Kash Patel, the former chief of staff to the acting secretary of defense.
According to The Federalist, this information was suppressed.
Hemingway writes that the committee not only mischaracterized the interview, they also suppressed the transcript from public review. |