Trump ordered the NG. Trump, at the time, was the direct commander of the DC National Guards commander Walker. ONLY the DC National Guard is under direct command of the US President.
Walker knows this. Trump went through channels, offering up ordering several days before Jan 6th for DC National Guard to be called up. PELOSI REFUSED the Nat. Guard (this was on live call to Steve Hylton’s show Sunday).
There was ZERO Pentagon interference. Miller was acting SecDef. Walker is full of it.
Incidentally, every State units of National Guard deployed to DC come under the command overall of Gen. Walker. So he is again full of it.
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“ONLY the DC National Guard is under direct command of the US President.”
That’s not accurate. He is the Commander in Chief. He can launch a thousand ICBMs. He can call the Commandant of the USMC and give an order. He can directly order anyone down the chain of command to execute any mission he directs.
You are arguing that a commanding General cannot take direct command of a company unit without using the chain. They usually don’t but they certainly can. And the President can as well.