… chief of staff to the Department of Defense, and I spent four years and a minor fortune litigating the truth because people politicized what actually happened on January 6th. And We now know unequivocally that President, President Trump lawfully authorized the deployment of National Guard. And me, as the head of the Office of Secretary of Defense, with the Secretary of Defense, took that action when it finally came in because it had to have the governor and mayor of DC's approval on it. (26:17–26:25)
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Asserts that President Trump lawfully authorized the deployment of the National Guard on January 6th.
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