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NEW: Bombshell Hearing Set, Three D.C. National Guard Officers to Expose January 6th Committee

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National Guard to Testify Pentagon Held Them Back on J6

At least three DC National Guard whistleblowers say they were ready to be deployed on January 6 on Trump's orders for hours but were held back by the Pentagon in bombshell testimony contradicting the Capitol riot committee's story. Whistleblowers from the Washington D.C. National Guard wil

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DC National Guard whistleblowers to say they WERE ready to be deployed on January 6 on Trump's orders hours but were held back by the Pentagon in bombshell testimony contradicting Capitol riot committee's story

Whistleblowers from the D.C. National Guard will tell Congress Trump did want them deployed during Capitol riot and the Army delayed telling them to mobilize in a bombshell hearing next week.

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Pentagon chief Austin will not travel to NATO meetings due to illness

WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has cancelled his trip to Brussels to meet with NATO ministers as he remains hospitalized while dealing with complications from prostate cancer

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CNN Republican Town Hall With Donald Trump

nancy pelosi said, oh, we don't like the look. if they would have had just -- i offered them 10,000 soldiers. i said it could be ten, it could be more, but i offered them specifically 10,000 soldiers. if they would have taken 500 soliers you wouldn't have the problem. they turned it down. and if you look at the inspector general report he says they turned it down. they made a terrible mistake. >> well, chris miller was your acting defense secretary. he says you never gave that order. >> he did not say that. >> he has testified that. >> he did not say that. >> you say you weren't very involved that day. you did tell your supporters to come to washington. you tweeted about it on the speech. when they were breaking into the capitol and smashing windows, why did it take you three hours to tell them to go home? >> i don't believe it did.

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CNN Republican Town Hall With Donald Trump

nancy pelosi said we don't like the look. i offered them 10,000 soldiers, i said, it can be ten, it can be more. but i offered them specifically 10,000 soldiers. if they would have taken 500 soldiers you wouldn't have the problem. they turned it down. and if you look at the inspector general report, he says they turned it down. they made a terrible mistake. >> chris miller was your acting defense secretary, he says you never gave that order. but back to what happened on that day, he has testified that mr. president. >> he did not say that. >> he says you were very involved that day, you did tell the supporters to come to washington. >> am i allowed to say that? >> when they went to the capitol, they were breaking into the capital, smashing windows, injuring police officers. why did it take you three hours to tell them to go home? >> i don't believe it did. [applause] [laughter] when you look at on january 5th, the day before.

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AC360 Trump Town Hall Analysis

look. nancy pelosi said, oh, we don't like the look. if they would have just -- i offered them 10,000 soldiers, i said, it could be ten, it could be more. but i offered them specifically 10,000 soldiers. if they would have taken 500 soldiers, you wouldn't have had a problem. they turned it down. >> here is the reality. the house speaker is not in charge of capitol security. that's the capitol police board which oversees the capitol police. and at the time of the right, they would have approved a request for national guard assistance. and here was former acting defense secretary, chris miller, telling the january six committee that he was never given the order by trump to have 10,000 troops ready to go at the capitol on january 6th. >> did the president know -- there was no direct order from president trump to pull 10,000 troops to the capitol on january 6th? >> that's correct. there was no direct order from the president. >> so, jake, as you can see, these claims by trump about january 6th off the false.

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CNN Newsroom

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FOX and Friends Saturday

haven't told us what it was, and i think they need to do that to clear the air. this is clearly reaction from the president, general milley, lloyd austin, they were a little embarrassed what happened last time. >> reporter: as for the suspected chinese spy craft, china's foreign ministry maintains america overreacted writing in a statement that u.s. lawmakers are, quote: hyping up the balloon for political manipulate. joey, rachel, pete? pete: alexandria, thank you for that report. let's bring in someone that knows about this summit, chris miller, the former -- former acting defense secretary and author of the new book, soldier secretary. thank you for being here. >> you guys, i'm, like, humbled and scared to death being with you guys. [laughter] i want to start off with something, you know what challenge points are. when general keane comes on or general kellogg, when you coin them, you outrank them. brother, thank you for everything you've done for our country. >> thank you very much. >> dude, i was in your same unit, man -- yeah jee thank you

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FOX NEWS VS TRUMP: Trump Says No Balloons Under His Tenure, Former Officials Back Him Up; Fox News Says Yes There Were

Former President Donald Trump has vehemently denied recent reports that Chinese spy balloons flew over the United States during his time in office. In a

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