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Major General William J. Walker said top brass made him jump through bureaucratic hoops and took a shocking 3 hours and 19 minutes to grant permission to help outnumbered Capitol Police as a pro-Trump mob stormed through the citadel of American democracy.
As national security officials testify before a Senate hearing Wednesday, D.C. National Guard Maj. Gen. William J. Walker told members of Congress that it took over three hours on Jan. 6 before...
Two Senate committees heard testimony from four officials Wednesday.
General details hourslong delay in getting Guard to Capitol Maj. Gen. William Walker told senators that Capitol Police requested military support in a 1:49 p.m. call, but the Defense Department’s approval was not relayed until after 5 p.m Loading the player... The Defense Department took more than three hours to dispatch the National Guard to the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol despite a frantic request for reinforcement from police, according to testimony Wednesday that added to the finger-pointing about the government response. Maj. Gen. William Walker, commanding general of the District...
The commanding general of the D.C. National Guard said Wednesday that top defense officials waited more than three hours to approve his urgent request to deploy troops to help quell rioters at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.