Ex-DC National Guard Official Slams Testimonies of Pentagon Generals on 6 January as Absolute Lies
December 7, 2021 | District of Columbia
The generals claimed in their testimonies before the 6 January Select House Committee that they did not hinder the deployment of the DC National Guard needed to stop the protesters who broke into the Capitol.
Former DC National Guard official Colonel Earl Matthews has lambasted the testimonies of two Pentagon generals before the House 6 January Committee, calling them “absolute and unmitigated liars” over their statements regarding the events at the Capitol. Matthews served as the top attorney for the DC National Guard’s then-commanding General William Walker.
In a lengthy memo, Matthews accused General Charles Flynn, ex-deputy chief of staff for operations, and Lieutenant General Walter Piatt, the director of army staff, of distorting the facts about the events and their actions on 6 January. The author of the memo namely challenged their claims about not discouraging the Army from deploying the DC National Guard to quell the unrest.
“LTG Piatt stated that it would not be his best military advice to recommend to the Secretary of the Army that the DC National Guard be allowed to deploy to the Capitol at that time. LTGs Piatt and Flynn stated that the optics of having uniformed military personnel deployed to the U.S. Capitol would not be good”, the ex-DC National Guard official said… (Excerpts from American Faith.Com)
