i m erin burnett. outfront tonight caught in a lie. new video from the january 6th select committee, sworn testimony from trump s acting defense secretary chris miller contradicts a statement from president trump. he said he personally asked for 20,000 national guard troops to be at the ready ahead of january 6th. this is what the defense secretary told the committee exactly happened. to be crystal clear there was no direct order from president trump to put 20,000 troops on the ready for january 6th, correct? you re correct. there was no order from the president. that shutting down a statement from trump who on june 9th said the unselect committee learned that i as president offered up to 20,000 national guard troops be deployed in d.c. because it was felt the crowd was going to be very large. well, you heard the secretary of defense say he did no such thing. whether 10 or 20,000, he never ordered any. this blatant lie exposed as we learn more from attorney general me
i m erin burnett. outfront tonight caught in a lie. new video from the january 6th select committee, sworn testimony from trump s acting defense secretary chris miller contradicts a statement from president trump. he said he personally asked for 20,000 national guard troops to be at the ready ahead of january 6th. this is what the defense secretary told the committee exactly happened. to be crystal clear there was no direct order from president trump to put 20,000 troops on the ready for january 6th, correct? you re correct. there was no order from the president. that shutting down a statement from trump who on june 9th said the unselect committee learned that i as president offered up to 20,000 national guard troops be deployed in d.c. because it was felt the crowd