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Gessler: He authorized the National Guard.. Collins: He didn't authorize the National Guard. Gessler: He did. Collins: Kash Patel testified that but when he was asked for any evidence that Trump had done that, he didn't provide any.
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He not only *didn’t* authorize the national guard, he had his acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller put out a memo on January 4th (two days before the insurrection) stating that ANY REQUEST FOR MILITARY/DOD/NG ASSISTANCE must BE APPROVED BY HIM. He denied 13+ requests.

The National Guard says he didn't authorize the National Guard.

“We have evidence. We have a tweet from someone.” 🙄

Who you gonna believe? Kash Patel on TV or sworn deposition from the Acting Sec Defense, the Pentagon report, and the Inspector General for the Defense Dept? Trump just really, really wanted to finally get his parade.

Collins 🎯 Kash Patel was found to NOT be a credible witness! That's a key point, that will haunt them in other cases.

They were ordered not to be armed and not to engage Trump's supporters.

@gtconway3d Give us a break, Don authorized everything. 🤦 "Election fraud, stop the steal." Trump didn't authorize jack shit to prevent his ignorant mob from storming the capital. Stay tuned for discovery in court...

There is a document. A document sent to Capitol Police the day before limiting their defense capabilities. DoD also said no request was made by the president.

Not only that, but they keep saying it was 10k. Trump didn't have the ability to pull more than 2k 🤷🏼♂️

I could listen to Collins going back and fourth all day: Collins: he did Gessler: no Collins: Yes, in fact he did. 🤣

