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.