Ex-Defense Secretary Says Trump Never Ordered Troops

Trump Never Ordered Troops To Be Ready On Jan. 6, His Defense Secretary Testifies

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Ex-Defense Secretary Says Trump Never Ordered Troops

Former Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller testified to the January 6 Committee that he never received an order to deploy National Guard troops on January 6, 2021, Insider reports.Said Miller: “I was never given any director or order or knew of any plans of that nature.”He added: “We obviously had plans for activating more folks, but that was not anything more than contingency planning. There was no official message traffic or anythin…

Video: Hear ex-Trump acting defense secretary contradict Trump under oath

The January 6 committee released new audio of former Trump acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller testifying under oath that no one ordered to have National Guard troops ready to protect the US Capitol on January 6, contradicting assertions made by Trump and his Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.

Trump's defense secretary denies there were orders to have 10K troops ready to deploy on January 6

CNNBy Annie Grayer, CNNFormer acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller told the House select committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection that former President Donald Trump never gave him a formal order to have 10,000 troops ready to be deployed to the Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to new video of Miller’s deposition released by the committee.“I was never given any direction or order or knew of any plans of that nature,” Miller sai…

Trump's defense secretary denies there were orders to have 10K troops ready to deploy on January 6 - Local News 8

By Annie Grayer, CNNFormer acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller told the House select committee investigating the Capitol Hill insurrection that former President Donald Trump never gave him a formal order to have 10,000 troops ready to be deployed to the Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to new video of Miller’s deposition released by the committee.“I was never given any direction or order or knew of any plans of that nature,” Miller said i…

Trump's defense secretary denies there were orders to have 10K troops ready to deploy on January 6

"There was no order from the president," Miller said.