“Did he think forcing all of his advisers to stand up on television and say, in such obvious discomfort, that they agreed with him would make the decision for war look careful and deliberate?My Russian friends suggest something different—is this guy losing it?”
"We have a little bit of inside information with ... the powers that be, but this is a tinderbox. It just is a question of what is the precipitating event.”
Senator Ted Cruz tries to prove himself to you-know-who by using Senate hearing with senior FBI official to press debunked conspiracy of "FBI agents" and Capitol attack.
Very soon after Senators Cruz and Cotton promote disinformation around bogus Epps-"FBI agent" conspiracy theory in the United States Senate, Durbin enters @PolitiFacts' fact check into the record.
Six items about #January6th that have been unreported/under-reported or deserve more attention.
Item No. 1: We came extremely close to DOJ as lead agency for security on Jan. 6 with Trump coup co-conspirator (for lack of a better term) Jeff Clark as Attorney General.
2. On Jan 3
3:45pm: Clark tells Rosen that Trump has decided to fire Rosen and put Clark in as Attorney General.
5:30pm: Trump meets Miller, Milley and agrees DOJ will be lead agency.
6:00pm: Trump meets Rosen, Clark, others and backs down from firing and replacing Rosen.
3.
added note: Trump backs down due to DOJ threat of mass resignations
added note: Rosen says he was not subsequently told DOJ would be lead agency for Jan 6
2. Former acting defense secretary Chris Miller in IG interview:
"There was absolutely no way…I was putting U.S. military forces at the Capitol, period,” he said citing media stories alleging Trump's advisors were pushing him to declare martial law to invalidate the election.
3. In congressional testimony, former acting SecDef Miller:
"My concerns regarding the appropriate and limited use of the military in domestic matters were heightened by commentary in the media ... that advisors to the President were advocating the declaration of martial law..."