i m erin burnett. outfront tonight caught in a lie. new video from the january 6th select committee, sworn testimony from trump s acting defense secretary chris miller contradicts a statement from president trump. he said he personally asked for 20,000 national guard troops to be at the ready ahead of january 6th. this is what the defense secretary told the committee exactly happened. to be crystal clear there was no direct order from president trump to put 20,000 troops on the ready for january 6th, correct? you re correct. there was no order from the president. that shutting down a statement from trump who on june 9th said the unselect committee learned that i as president offered up to 20,000 national guard troops be deployed in d.c. because it was felt the crowd was going to be very large. well, you heard the secretary of defense say he did no such thing. whether 10 or 20,000, he never ordered any. this blatant lie exposed as we learn more from attorney general me
used for medical reasons. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, former president trump is signaling he s going to stick to his old playbook as he appears poised to run for the white house again. trump seemingly undeterred by weeks of damning evidence presented by the january 6th select committee or by a dueling speech delivered today by his former vice president. here is cnn s chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny. former president donald trump returned to washington tonight for the first time since leaving office and picked up right where he left off. i ran for president. i won, and i won a second time, did much better the second time. did a lot better. reporter: what began as a policy speech about crime, immigration and the border turned to grievances as he inched closer to launching a bid for the white house. we may have to do it again. we have to straighten out ou
data, having the law clerks sign affidavits. so far no culprit. excellent reporting, joan. thank you very much. thank you for joining us. to our viewers, that s for watching. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next trump s former acting defense secretary directly contradicting a claim from trump about national guard troops ahead of january 6th. plus, a new cnn poll finds 75% of democrats do not want biden to be the democratic nominee in the next election. wow. why? new details about what the white house is doing behind the scenes to get house speaker nancy pelosi to nix the trip to taiwan she says she s taking. let s go outfront.