There is no record of Trump formally authorizing 20,000 National Guard troops prior to the Jan. 6 attack. There is also no record of Pelosi rejecting such an authorization — which she would not have had the authority to do so as House speaker.
The Vanity Fair report said the conversation suddenly"switched gears":
"The president, Miller recalled, asked how many troops the Pentagon planned to turn out the following day."We’re like, ‘We’re going to provide any National Guard support that the District requests,’" Miller responded."And goes, ‘You’re going to need 10,000 people.’ No, I’m not talking bullshit. He said that. And we’re like, ‘Maybe. But you know, someone’s going to have to ask for it.
months later that D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request for 340 members of the D.C. National Guard for traffic and crowd control was approved, but the Defense Department"received no further request for different or additional support until the Capitol was breached." Before the attack, Miller had signaled
to stationing the military outside the Capitol, according to the Defense Department’s inspector general report.The Washington Postthat the 10,000 figure did not get relayed to anyone outside of the Defense Department, citing unnamed former officials. A Defense Department spokesperson previously told PolitiFact that there was"no record of such an order being given" by Trump.
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