On Friday, Georgia Republicans released a "never before released" transcribed interview that exposed the January 6 Select Committee for hiding key testimony from former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Anthony Ornato that exonerated 45th President Donald Trump and proved he wanted to ensure the nation’s capital safety on January 6, 2021, and even went as far as to being open to ask for 10,000 National Guard troops.
While being interviewed by the January 6 Select Committee on January 28, 2022, Ornato was asked if he recalled any conversation with Trump regarding National Guard troops being deployed on January 6, to which Ornato answered, “I remember he had — he was on the phone with her, and we — I had walked in for something, and I was there, and he was on the phone with her and wanted to make sure she had everything that she needed. Because I think it was the concern of anti and pro-groups clashing is what I recall. And not anywhere near the Capitol, this was just out on the mall area or at the event; and wanted to know if she need[ed] any more guardsmen.”
"And I remember the number 10,000 coming up of, you know, the president wants to make sure that you have enough. You know, he is willing to ask for 10,000. I remember that number. Now that you said it, it reminded me of it. And that she was all set. She had, I think it was like 350 or so for intersection control and those types of thing not in the law enforcement capacity at the time. And then that's the only thing I recall with that number 10,000 National Guard guardsmen,” Ornato added.
Ornato also testified that “even though the mayor didn't want any more National Guard in D.C., that a request was made to have kind of a, lack of better term, a quick reaction force [QRF] out at Joint Base Andrews being that it was a military installation. So then I remember the chief saying, 'hey, I'm calling Secretary of Defense to get that QRF in here.' And then I remember the chief telling Miller, get them in here, get them in here to secure the Capitol now. And that's where I remember the National Guard being, you know, ordered by the chief."
In the January 6 Select Committee’s report, they wrote, “Some have suggested that President Trump gave an order to have 10,000 troops ready for January 6th. The Select Committee found no evidence of this." In a statement on Friday, Chairman of the Committee on House Administration’s Subcommittee on Oversight Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) said, "The former J6 Select Committee apparently withheld Mr. Ornato's critical witness testimony from the American people because it contradicted their pre-determined narrative."
"Mr. Ornato's testimony proves what Mr. Meadows has said all along, President Trump did in fact offer 10,000 National Guard troops to secure the U.S. Capitol, which was turned down. This is just one example of important information the former Select Committee hid from the public because it contradicted what they wanted the American people to believe. And, this is exactly why my investigation is committed to uncovering all the facts, no matter the outcome," Loudermilk added.
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