It took over an hour for the Pentagon to approve deploying the National Guard to the Capitol as tens of thousands of Trump supporters overwhelmed 1,200 Capitol Police officers.
"Capitol Police officers and their law enforcement partners were left alone to defend the Capitol and our democracy itself from violent insurrectionists, while the Chief of the Capitol Police was delayed in obtaining approval to request help from the National Guard," the bill's other co-author, Democratic Minnesota SenatorOn January 4, then-USPC Chief Steven Sund requested the Capitol Police Board to declare a state of emergency and authorize a request for additional troops from...
When the riots started, Sund asked the board for backup from the National Guard. But it took over an hour for the board to fulfill the request. This was because the commander of the D.C. National Guard, Major General William J. Walker, required additional approval from theTrump's supporters sought to overturn the election due to Trump's baseless claim that he had only lost due to an unprecedented nationwide conspiracy of voter fraud.
Trump's former attorney general, his former head of U.S. cybersecurity infrastructure, over 60 court cases filed by , as well as numerous statewide audits have not uncovered any evidence that the 2020 election was stolen.
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