Before His Mob Stormed Capitol, Trump Participated In Security Planning
Photo by Sgt. First Class Jon Soucy via The National Guard/ CC BY 2.0
Reprinted with perission from ProPublica
President Donald Trump met with top military officials and gave his approval to activate the D.C. National Guard three days before he encouraged a mob of angry protesters to take their grievances to the U.S. Capitol.
A Pentagon memo released Friday offers these insights, as well as the first detailed timeline of the bungled law enforcement response to Wednesday's insurrection.
The timeline shows that the planning started at least as far back as Dec. 31 and included discussion with select Cabinet members of the potential need for Pentagon reinforcements.