{"id":1571626,"date":"2022-07-26T12:08:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T16:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1571626"},"modified":"2022-07-26T12:08:32","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T16:08:32","slug":"trump-authorized-national-guard-for-jan-6-but-congress-dc-didnt-request-its-use-former-aide-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-authorized-national-guard-for-jan-6-but-congress-dc-didnt-request-its-use-former-aide-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Authorized National Guard for Jan. 6 but Congress, DC Didn\u2019t Request Its Use, Former Aide Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-authorized-national-guard-for-jan-6-but-congress-dc-didnt-request-its-use-former-aide-says%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1571626&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Under the law, a president can&#8217;t order domestic deployment of Guard; local officials must request it<\/p>\n<p>A claim by the vice chair of the House Jan. 6 Select Committee that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> didn\u2019t order the use of National Guard troops in the District of Columbia on Jan. 6, 2021, is true because that would have been a violation of the law, former Pentagon chief of staff Kash Patel says.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) told Fox News\u2019 Bret Baier that Trump \u201cnever issued any order to deploy the National Guard to protect the Capitol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patel said that Trump authorized up to 20,000 National Guard troops for use in D.C. or elsewhere on Jan. 6, but the use of those troops was later rejected by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and the U.S. Capitol Police.<\/p>\n<p>Under the law, the president can\u2019t order the deployment of the military for use inside the United States, Patel said. At the time of the Jan. 6 unrest, Patel was chief of staff for Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe knows the truth\u201445 [Trump] authorized the National Guard days before Jan. 6, and Pelosi and Bowser rejected it,\u201d Patel told The Epoch Times. \u201cCheney knows it\u2019s unconstitutional for any president to ever order the military to deploy domestically. He may only authorize their use, then there must be a request.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/07\/25\/Kash_Patel_Documentary.jpg\"><\/a> In the new documentary, \u201cThe Real Story of Jan. 6,\u201d Kash Patel, former chief of staff for the U.S. secretary of defense, said National Guard troops were rejected by Capitol Police and the D.C. mayor. (Screenshot\/EpochTV) <strong>Read More<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/the-real-story-of-jan-6-documentary_4596670.html\">The Real Story of January 6 | Documentary<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy her own quote, she has cleared Trump of the very thing she has accused him of from Day 1\u2014an insurrection,\u201d Patel said. \u201cSo, yes, Trump never made that illegal order. He<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A claim by the vice chair of the House Jan. 6 Select Committee that President Donald Trump didn\u2019t order the use of National Guard troops in the District of Columbia on Jan. 6, 2021, is true because that would have been a violation of the law, former Pentagon chief of staff Kash Patel says. Rep. 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