{"id":21935,"date":"2022-06-10T14:05:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T14:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/06\/10\/pence-not-trump-asked-guard-troops-to-help-defend-capitol-on-jan-6-panel-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:57:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:57:13","slug":"pence-not-trump-asked-guard-troops-to-help-defend-capitol-on-jan-6-panel-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/06\/10\/pence-not-trump-asked-guard-troops-to-help-defend-capitol-on-jan-6-panel-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Pence \u2014 not Trump \u2014 asked Guard troops to help defend Capitol on Jan. 6, panel says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the commission investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/06\/15\/military-leader-defends-jan-6-response-as-house-steps-up-probes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jan. 6, 2021<\/a>, on Thursday asserted that President Donald Trump made no efforts to stop rioters even as Vice President Mike Pence attempted to order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/03\/03\/guard-waited-more-than-three-hours-for-approval-to-respond-to-capitol-riots-official-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Guard troops<\/a> to quell the violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNot only did President Trump refuse to tell the mob to leave the Capitol, he placed no call to any element of the United States government to instruct that the Capitol be defended,\u201d said Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., during the panel\u2019s wide-ranging Thursday night hearing on the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe did not call his secretary of defense on Jan. 6. He did not talk to his Attorney General. He did not talk to the Department of Homeland Security,\u201d Cheney added. \u201cPresident Trump gave no order to deploy the National Guard that day. And he made no effort to work with the Department of Justice to coordinate and deploy law enforcement assets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The statements were backed up with testimony from J<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/09\/15\/lawmakers-call-for-milleys-resignation-after-report-he-worked-to-undermine-trumps-military-authority\/\" target=\"_blank\">oint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley<\/a>, who said that Pence told Pentagon leaders to \u201cget the Guard down here, put down this situation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/03\/03\/guard-waited-more-than-three-hours-for-approval-to-respond-to-capitol-riots-official-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1297445025.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Guard waited more than three hours for approval to respond to Capitol riots, official says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard said he was frustrated by Pentagon leaders&#039; response to the Capitol attack.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In contrast, Milley said, Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows told Milley that military officials needed to \u201ckill the narrative that the Vice President is making all the decisions\u201d and worked against sending personnel to help with the escalating situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Questions over the reason behind delays in the deployment of National Guard troops to the Capitol complex have been a key point of contention in accounts of Jan. 6. Hundreds of pro-Trump supporters breached the Capitol building that day in an attempt to block certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five people died during the riot, and three Capitol Police officers died in the days following the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump administration officials have blamed Democratic lawmakers for the delay in deploying military members on Jan. 6, saying requests for help didn\u2019t come until hours into the violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday\u2019s hearing \u2014 the first in a series of primetime events designed to offer \u201ca comprehensive account\u201d of the attack \u2014 also featured testimony from several of those officers. They countered Trump\u2019s repeated assertions that the crowd that pushed past police lines that day were \u201cpeaceful\u201d and lawful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere were officers on the ground. They were bleeding. They were throwing up,\u201d said Caroline Edwards, an officer working security that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI saw friends with blood all over their faces. I was slipping in people\u2019s blood \u2026 I just remember that moment of stepping behind the line and just seeing the absolute war zone that the west front had become.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thousands of National Guard troops were eventually deployed to Capitol Hill to clear out and secure the area, but not until hours after the rioters had pushed inside the Capitol building and ransacked multiple offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The assault forced both the House and Senate to suspend their certification proceedings and scramble to secure areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials have said Pence narrowly avoided direct confrontation with the crowd members, many of whom were chanting that he was a traitor for not overturning the election results \u2014 a move that most legal experts have said was unconstitutional and impossible.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/01\/07\/former-defense-secretaries-mattis-esper-decry-attack-on-the-capitol-and-trumps-rhetoric\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21006854495058.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Former defense secretaries Mattis, Esper decry attack on the Capitol and Trump\u2019s rhetoric<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">One woman killed and numerous police injured as pro-Trump rioters attempted to disrupt congressional proceedings.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milley described Pence as \u201cvery animated, very direct, very firm\u201d in the need for Guard troops to help with crowd control as soon as possible. But he said other White House officials did not share the same opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Committee members also noted other accounts of potential military misuse by the Trump administration, including a plan discussed weeks before the Capitol assault for military forces to seize voting machines and declare state elections invalid by executive decree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJan. 6 was the culmination of an attempted coup, a brazen attempt to overthrow the government,\u201d said committee chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. \u201cThe violence was no accident. It represented Trump\u2019s last stand, a most desperate chance to halt the transfer of power.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The committee has two more hearings planned for next week to delve further into the instigation and response to the riots. 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