electoral vote count from taking place on capitol hill. at 1500 i directed that the quick reaction force that was based at andrews air force base leave the base, get to the armory, at all speed. we put guardsmen on buses, brought them inside the armory so nobody would see them putting on the equipment and getting on the buses. then we just waited to get the approval. at 5:00, i decided, hey, you know, we ve got to there s got to be an approval coming so get on the buses, get the equipment on, get on the buses and just wait. and then a few minutes after that we did get the approval. based on my experience with the summer, and i have 39 years in the national guard, i was in the florida guard, hurricane andrew, been involved in civil disturbances. so i believe that number could have made a difference. we could have helped extend the perimeter and help push back the crowd. joining me msnbc justice correspondent pete williams, garrett haake on capitol hill, jamie ga relic fr
allowed then president trump to authorize the secretary of defense to send national guard troops to seize voting machines around the country in the weeks following the 2020 election. now, politico also reports the draft order would have given the defense secretary 60 days to write an assessment of the 2020 election. that suggests that it could have been a gamut to keep trump in power until at least mid-february of 2021, end quote. nbc has not reviewed these documents. in a moment i m going to speak with betsy woodruff-swan, one of the reporters to break the news. and focusing on whether the ex-president and his cronies were behind the republican electorate to send the fake slate to deny joe biden s win. in seven key states, pro trump electors, including many local republican officials submitted fake documents awarding their state s electoral votes to trump despite biden s legitimate victory in those states. but we re now learning that this just wasn t some coincidence. both
really is responsible for not protecting the capitol that the mob will never talk about and the commission will never investigate or the committee will never investigate. former chief of staff to the secretary of defense, cash patel, he will be here and he will explain how donald trump to days prior to january 6th last year wanted to call in 20,000 national guard troops before the january 6th date. nancy pelosi in the d.c. mayor, refuse the guard, in other words this was completely preventable except democrats rejected the protection here and we will also get insight from congressman jim jordan and congressman banks who were booted from the fake january 6th committee to stack the deck 100% against donald trump. and we will hear first-hand from families of the victims of the 574 violent riots from december 2020. where is the committee investigating all of those riots with dozens of dead americans, thousands of injured cops? now, you remember at the beginning, for example, the
the commission will never investigate or the committee will never investigate. former chief of staff to the secretary of defense, kash patel, he will be here and he will explain how donald trump two days prior to january 6th last year wanted to call in 20,000 national guard troops before the january 6th date. nancy pelosi in the d.c. mayor, refuse the guard, in other words this was completely preventable except democrats rejected the protection here and we will also get insight from congressman jim jordan and congressman banks who were booted from the fake january 6th committee to stack the deck 100% against donald trump. and we will hear first-hand from families of the victims of the 574 violent riots from december 2020. where is the committee investigating all of those riots with dozens of dead americans, thousands of injured cops? now, you remember at the beginning, for example, the riots, fake news referred to it as fiery but most will make mostly peaceful.t but they said