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Government Corruption

Former D.C. National Guard official accuses two generals of lying to Congress about the Army's delayed response to January 6: Calls them 'absolute and unmitigated liars'

2021-12-07

[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]

Col. Earl Matthews called Gen. Charles Flynn and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt 'absolute and unmitigated liars'

Matthews at the time was serving as the top attorney to then-D.C. National Guard commander Maj. Gen. William Walker

According to Matthews, both Piatt and Flynn, the highest-ranking Army officers opposed deploying the Guard on a 2:30 pm conference call

Matthews alleges that the generals were concerned about optics

Both men have denied to Congress that they said the Guard should not deploy to the Capitol

Posted by:Skidmark

#2 Next conservative president (yeah, I know) "Well, I'm sure there are many explanations. On appearances alone, it's just best if you all go. Down to the guy who cleans the janitor's closet..."

Posted by: M. Murcek 2021-12-07 13:12

#1 Yeah, they were concerned about optics. They wanted the optics of that qanon buffalo guy wandering around the Capitol. They wanted the chaos the resulted from FBI agents provoking otherwise peaceful demonstrators to trespass on a building that was not secured. They wanted those optics so their media lackeys could portray it as an insurrection because Orange Man Bad.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2021-12-07 12:45

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