J6 Committee buried exculpatory evidence of Trump to advance their “insurrection” narrative in hopes of derailing Trump’s 2024 run.
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and the January 6 Committee suppressed evidence that former President Donald Trump pushed for 10,000 National Guard troops to protect the U.S. Capitol building, according to a bombshell report.
Cheney and the J6 committee falsely claimed they had “no evidence” to support Trump officials’ claims the White House had called for 10,000 National Guard troops ahead of the mass demonstration in Washington, D.C. against the rigged 2020 election.
But a transcribed interview from Jan. 2022 conducted by the committee that’s been obtained by The Federalist included that very evidence from a key source.
“The interview, which Cheney attended and personally participated in, was suppressed from public release until now,” Mollie Hemingway reported Friday.
From The Federalist:
Deputy Chief of Staff Anthony Ornato’s first transcribed interview with the committee was conducted on January 28, 2022. In it, he told Cheney and her investigators that he overheard White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows push Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to request as many National Guard troops as she needed to protect the city.
He also testified President Trump had suggested 10,000 would be needed to keep the peace at the public rallies and protests scheduled for January 6, 2021. Ornato also described White House frustration with Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller’s slow deployment of assistance on the afternoon of January 6, 2021.
Not only did the committee not accurately characterize the interview, they suppressed the transcript from public review. On top of that, committee allies began publishing critical stories and even conspiracy theories about Ornato ahead of follow-up interviews with him. Ornato was a career Secret Service official who had been detailed to the security position in the White House.
Hemingway noted that Cheney frequently cited the Government Publishing Office for “transcripts, documents, exhibits & our meticulously sourced 800+ page final report,” but its website only features fewer than half of the 1,000 interviews conducted.
No surprise Trump doesn’t want you to see the J6 Committee evidence. Here’s the GPO website with transcripts, documents, exhibits & our meticulously sourced 800+ page final report. Also links to our hearings. Might be a good time to watch those again. https://t.co/HtqbmCCaCD
— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) August 18, 2023
After hiding the testimony, Cheney then claimed that President Trump “never gave any order to deploy the National Guard on January 6th or on any other day. Nor did he instruct any Federal law enforcement agency to assist.”
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), chairman of the House Administration’s Subcommittee on Oversight, said the J6 committee only selectively published interviews which advanced the Democrats’ “insurrection” narrative.
“The former J6 Select Committee apparently withheld Mr. Ornato’s critical witness testimony from the American people because it contradicted their pre-determined narrative. Mr. Ornato’s testimony proves what Mr. Meadows has said all along: President Trump did in fact offer 10,000 National Guard troops to secure the U.S. Capitol, which was turned down,” Loudermilk told the outlet.
“This is just one example of important information the former Select Committee hid from the public because it contradicted what they wanted the American people to believe. And this is exactly why my investigation is committed to uncovering all the facts, no matter the outcome.”
Former National Security Council official Kash Patel, who offered similar testimony to the J6 committee, further broke down the Federalist’s report Saturday on Bannon’s War Room:
“The January 6 Committee withheld and suppressed a transcript from a senior Secret Service officer that completely corroborates what we have said on your show and what we have been saying for years…that days before January 6, Donald Trump authorized 10,000 National Guardsmen and women.”
Kash Patel Explains How The J6 Committee Withheld A Transcript From A Secret Service Officer pic.twitter.com/EqDnbykHw8
— Grace Chong 🇺🇸 (@gc22gc) March 9, 2024
“But the mainstream media hid it and the committee suppressed Tony Ornato’s transcript. Liz Cheney and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) buried this exculpatory evidence of Donald Trump,” he added.