Ex-D.C. Guard official accuses Army leaders of lying to Congress about Jan. 6

Jan. 6 riot.
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An ex-Washington, D.C. National Guard official has accused two senior Army leaders of both lying to Congress and secretly attempting to "rewrite the history of the military's response to the Capitol riot" in a report he believes worthy of "the best Stalinist or North Korea propagandist," Politico reports.

A 36-page memo written by Col. Earl Matthews calls Gen. Charles Flynn and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt "absolute and unmitigated liars" for how the two have characterized to Congress the events of Jan. 6, including how they responded to pleas to deploy the D.C. National Guard that day.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.