By Susan Jones | March 4, 2021 | 10:38am EST
Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. (Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - I was personally sickened by the violence and destruction I witnessed at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, Major General William Walker, the commanding general for the District of Columbia National Guard, told Congress on Wednesday.
But because of bureaucratic restrictions and delays up the chain of command, Walker said it took three hours and 19 minutes for guardsmen to finally respond to a frantic call for help from then-Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund.
Walker laid out the timeline in his opening statement, as follows:
The threat reportedly coming from a QAnon-inspired militia group that believes former President Trump will return to the White House for a second term on March 4, the day U.S. presidents used to be inaugurated on before 1933.
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