Major General William J. Walker said top brass made him jump through bureaucratic hoops and took a shocking 3 hours and 19 minutes to grant permission to help outnumbered Capitol Police as a pro-Trump mob stormed through the citadel of American democracy.
General details hourslong delay in getting Guard to Capitol
Maj. Gen. William Walker told senators that Capitol Police requested military support in a 1:49 p.m. call, but the Defense Department’s approval was not relayed until after 5 p.m
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The Defense Department took more than three hours to dispatch the National Guard to the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol despite a frantic request for reinforcement from police, according to testimony Wednesday that added to the finger-pointing about the government response.
Maj. Gen.
William Walker, commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, told senators that the then-chief of the Capitol Police requested military support in a 1:49 p.m. call, but the Defense Department’s approval for that support was not relayed to him until after 5 p.m., according to prepared testimony. Guard troops who had been waiting on buses were then rushed to the Capitol.
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Byron York s Daily Memo: Will we ever learn more about the Capitol riot? Print this article
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WILL WE EVER LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CAPITOL RIOT? It s important to gather more facts about the Capitol riot but it s not going to be easy. Tuesday s newsletter was headlined, Finally, some answers about the Capitol riot? It was written in anticipation of a hearing on the riot by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The hearing would feature testimony from Paul Irving, the former House Sergeant at Arms; Michael Stenger, the former Senate Sergeant at Arms; Steven Sund, the former chief of Capitol Police; and Robert Contee, the current chief of Washington DC s Metropolitan Police Department. Surely the session would reveal previously unknown facts about the riot, especially in light of the Capitol Police s virtual lockdown on releasing information.
Neera Tanden: First Cabinet-Level Casualty of the Twitter Age?
Republicans have criticized her tweets, but Democrats say former President Donald J. Trump’s were much worse as they assail what they call a double standard.
Neera Tanden, President Biden’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, aimed many of the tweets at issue at senators who control the fate of her nomination.Credit.Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times
WASHINGTON Neera Tanden, you might have heard, has a Twitter problem.
Ms. Tanden, President Biden’s choice to run the Office of Management and Budget, has a yearslong trail of