What did Mark Meadows claim about January 6 on 7 Feb 2021?
Mark Meadows, Former White House chief of staff to Donald Trump ·
As many as 10,000 National Guard troops were told to be on the ready by the secretary of defense. That was a direct order from President Trump.
There was no such order. Trump's own acting defense secretary, Christopher Miller, testified there was no order from the president to have 10,000 troops ready.
Trump's acting defense secretary, Christopher Miller, told the House January 6 committee that he was never given 'any direction or order' to have 10,000 troops ready. Asked whether there was no direct order from President Trump to put 10,000 troops on the ready for January 6, he answered: 'That's correct. There was no direct -- there was no order from the President' (transcribed interview, January 14, 2022).
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- Interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News's "Sunday Morning Futures."
The record
Primary source (transcribed interview)