199 Minutes [three hours and 19 minutes] -- that is how long it took before the Pentagon authorized the deployment of national guard troops to the Capitol building. Can anyone seriously believe that this was an innocent procedural error? A failure to "connect the dots"? 1/4
Just picture what was going on inside the Pentagon on January 6: Like everyone else in the country, the Pentagon brass and staff were glued to CNN, watching events unfold on Capitol Hill. Are we to really believe that no one said, "We better do something!" 2/4
Clearly, Trump's people in the Defense Department and within the Joint Chiefs were giving the militarily-trained elements directing the riot enough time to take hostages, effectively secure control of Capitol Hill and shut down Congress. The coup nearly succeeded. 3/4
A "bi-partisan" commission, as favored by the Democrats, would mean that Republican conspirators involved in the coup would control the investigation. The result would be a cover-up and strengthening of the extreme right. 4/4
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