House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight
Previously concealed by the Biden-Harris Administration’s Department of Defense, the Subcommittee has
uncovered statements by key personnel involved in the deployment of the D.C. National Guard to the U.S.
Capitol on January 6, 2021. These new transcripts indicate that senior Pentagon officials unnecessarily delayed the DC National Guard response to the Capitol on January 6 due to “optics” concerns.
The DoD IG claims that the actions at the Pentagon were “reasonable in light of the circumstances” at the
Capitol on January 6, 2021. The IG also determined that “DoD officials did not delay or obstruct the
DoD’s response to the [U.S. Capitol Police’s] [Request for Assistance] on January 6, 2021.”
THE TRANSCRIPTS REVEAL OTHERWISE