I find the reaction of United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley's to being told there is an assault at the US Capitol very telling.
DOD Staff - "General Milley, there is an assault at the US Capitol.'
General Milley - "No call. There is no call?"
Add that to all the testimony gathered by the January 6th Committee and there is profound proof that there wasn't just a disconnected president in the Oval Office dining room, there was a man named Donald John Trump sulking because he wasn't at the Capitol to complete a coup.
At every level of the government, including the DOD, there were alarm bells regarding the insurrection. There is no doubt anywhere and there are Americans dead.
Because the insurrection failed is not a reason to think the country is secure from these extremists that see Russia as an ally.
July 21, 2022
By Nicole Gaudiano
Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, (click here) expressed puzzlement to members of the House January 6 committee over then-President Donald Trump's inaction as rioters stormed the US Capitol, according to a video testimony the committee played Thursday.
"You're the commander in chief," he said during closed-door testimony. "You've got an assault going on on the Capitol of the United States of America.
"Nothing? No call? nothing? Zero?"
The National Guard wasn't approved to respond until about 3 p.m. that day and did not arrive on the scene until 5:40 p.m....
I think the time of the end of the insurgency may be miscalculated. I clearly remember the death of the Ashli Babbitt and very shortly thereafter the National Guard arrived in that hallway. It was at the point the National Guard took that hallway and the insurgents dispersed.
I think there may have been two phases to the end of the insurrection. The larger mob dispersed first and then as the National Guard made their way into the halls of the Capitol, the remaining insurgents left. If the National Guard didn't arrive until 5:40 pm, there was a deadly group of insurgents remaining that did not capitulate control until the National Guard was in control of the entire building. I saw no violence by the National Guard so much as a presence. They were carrying weapons, but, never used them.
I find the Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley's reaction to the insurgency compelling. I do believe he needs to be made part of the country's permanent record of January 6, 2021. He was surprised that no one called. He is not expected nor should monitor domestic gatherings and no one expected an insurgency.
