Why Did Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller Disarm the DC National Guard Two Days Before Riots? (Congress, impeachment)

[Seacove]

On January 4th, Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller issued an order that said:

"Without my subsequent, personal authorization, the DCNG is not authorized the following:

* To be issued weapons, ammunition, bayonets, batons, riot control agents or ballistic protection equipment such as helmets and body armor.

* To interact physically with protesters, except when necessary in self-defense or defense of others.

* Prohibited from sharing “equipment with law enforcement agencies” or seeking support from any non-DC National Guard units.

* Forbidden from conducting “searches, seizures, arrests, or other similar direct law enforcement activity.”

* Forbidden from using “Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance assets” or to conduct “Incident, Awareness and Assessment activities.”

* No helicopters or “any other air assets.”

Trump’s acting secretary of defense disarmed D.C. National Guard 48 hours before the fascist assault
https://www.aol.com/news/pentagon-ti...085312961.html

Major General William Walker, commander of the DC National Guard told the House Appropriations Committee:

"All military commanders normally have immediate response authority to protect property, life, and in my case, federal functions — federal property and life," Walker told the Post. "But in this instance I did not have that authority."

Pentagon restricted commander of D.C. Guard ahead of Capitol riot
https://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...96e_story.html

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[North Beach Person]

Because Mayor Bowser didn't want them to be armed and to do only traffic control duties:

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/y...n-the-capitol/

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/11/95554...lled-during-ri

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-c...pitol-n1253547

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politic...-biden-victory

This has all been public for over three weeks.

[Seacove]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

Because Mayor Bowser didn't want them to be armed and to do only traffic control duties:

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/y...n-the-capitol/

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/11/95554...lled-during-ri

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-c...pitol-n1253547

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politic...-biden-victory

This has all been public for over three weeks.

NO. What Chris Miller issued was very unusual and had nothing to do with the DC mayor. This information should make for an interesting Trump impeachment trial.

[Casey73]

The entire thing was pure political theater.