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Colonel says Army punished him for claiming generals lied about Jan. 6

Jan. 3, 2024 at 6:19 pm Updated Jan. 3, 2024

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/colonel-says-army-punished-him-for-claiming-generals-lied-about-jan-6/

Army officer alleges reprisal for his account of Capitol riot response

Earl Matthews, a key figure in the Jan. 6 investigation, claims that, despite his qualifications for promotion, the Army has blocked his advancement.

By Dan Lamothe January 4, 2024

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/01/04/january-6-army-reprisal-claim/

Former D.C. Guard official accuses Army generals of lying to Congress about Jan. 6 response

In a 36-page memo, Col. Earl Matthews called the generals "absolute and unmitigated liars" for how they characterized events.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/former-d-c-guard-official-accuses-army-generals-lying-about-n1285423

Former Guard Official Says Army Retaliated for His Account

Jan 3, 2024 — A former top lawyer for the D.C. National Guard … Charles Flynn of being “absolute and unmitigated liars” in their testimony before Congress

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/03/us/politics/jan-6-national-guard-whistleblower-complaint.html

Army Officer Alleges Retaliation over Testimony on Slow National Guard Response to Jan. 6

A colonel who was the top lawyer for the D.C. National Guard during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is accusing Army officials of retaliating against him for disputing two generals' account of why the National Guard was slow to deploy during the attack on the Capitol.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/01/04/army-officer-alleges-retaliation-over-testimony-slow-national-guard-response-jan-6.html

Ex-National Guard official says Army generals lied to Congress, alleging cover-up of decision to withhold troops from the Capitol on January 6

https://www.businessinsider.com/former-dc-guard-official-accuse-generals-lying-congress-january-6-2021-12

Former DC National Guard official accuses generals of lying about Capitol riot

In the memo, Matthews called Gen. Charles Flynn and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt, director of Army staff, “absolute and unmitigated liars” for their recollections of the Capitol riot.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/584478-former-dc-national-guard-official-accuses-generals-of-lying-about-capitol-riot/

‘This call never happened’: Ex-D.C. Guard leaders push back as internal Army report on Jan. 6 emerges

The report’s narrative is surfacing days after POLITICO first revealed a memo from a former top Guard official accusing two generals of lying to Congress.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/09/guard-leaders-push-back-army-january-6-report-523995

Who is Walter E Piatt?

''In early December 2021, Colonel Earl G. Matthews, a Trump appointee, released a rebuttal to the DoDIG report that accused LTG Piatt of making willful distortions of the events of January 6, describing Piatt and General Charles A. Flynn as "absolute and unmitigated liars" and of giving "perjured testimony before Congress."[18]

Fallout

Piatt was once the leading candidate to take over as the commanding general of United States Army Futures Command, and appointment to the rank of general.[19] He had received the recommendation from several top defense officials. However, he was rejected by President Biden[20] due to his handling of National Guard deployment during the January 6 attacks on the Capitol.[19][20] ''

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_E._Piatt

Jan 6 committee allegedly suppressed testimony showing Trump admin pushed for National Guard presence: report

Former Rep Liz Cheney's spokesperson says report 'flatly false'

By Emma Colton Fox NewsPublished March 10, 2024 1:43pm EDT

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jan-6-committee-allegedly-suppressed-testimony-showing-trump-admin-pushed-national-guard-presence-report

QAnon Celebrity Jim Watkins Says He Met With the Jan. 6 Committee

The panel on Monday deposed the man who hosts the conspiracy theory that animated many of the rioters who stormed the Capitol

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jim-watkins-qanon-jan-6-committee-1363777/

QAnon Influencer Jim Watkins Says He Was ‘Interrogated’ by the Jan. 6 Committee

“You expect me to come here by a subpoena to rat out the President of the United States,” Jim Watkins wrote in a letter to the committee. “I will not be your Rasputin.”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjkdj3/qanon-jim-watkins-jan-6-committee

‘Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6

In a 36-page memo to the Capitol riot committee, Col. Earl Matthews also slams the Pentagon’s inspector general for what he calls an error-ridden report.

A former D.C. National Guard official is accusing two senior Army leaders of lying to Congress and participating in a secret attempt to rewrite the history of the military’s response to the Capitol riot.

In a 36-page memo, Col. Earl Matthews, who held high-level National Security Council and Pentagon roles during the Trump administration, slams the Pentagon’s inspector general for what he calls an error-riddled report that protects a top Army official who argued against sending the National Guard to the Capitol on Jan. 6, delaying the insurrection response for hours.

Matthews’ memo, sent to the Jan. 6 select committee this month and obtained by POLITICO, includes detailed recollections of the insurrection response as it calls two Army generals — Gen. Charles Flynn, who served as deputy chief of staff for operations on Jan. 6, and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt, the director of Army staff — “absolute and unmitigated liars” for their characterization of the events of that day. Matthews has never publicly discussed the chaos of the Capitol siege.

On Jan. 6, Matthews was serving as the top attorney to Maj. Gen. William Walker, then commanding general of the D.C. National Guard. Matthews’ memo defends the Capitol attack response by Walker, who now serves as the House sergeant at arms, amplifying Walker’s previous congressional testimony about the hourslong delay in the military’s order for the D.C. National Guard to deploy to the riot scene.

“Every leader in the D.C. Guard wanted to respond and knew they could respond to the riot at the seat of government” before they were given clearance to do so on Jan. 6, Matthews’ memo reads. Instead, he said, D.C. guard officials “set [sic] stunned watching in the Armory” during the first hours of the attack on Congress during its certification of the 2020 election results.

Matthews’ memo levels major accusations: that Flynn and Piatt lied to Congress about their response to pleas for the D.C. Guard to quickly be deployed on Jan. 6; that the Pentagon inspector general’s November report on Army leadership’s response to the attack was “replete with factual inaccuracies”; and that the Army has created its own closely held revisionist document about the Capitol riot that’s “worthy of the best Stalinist or North Korea propagandist.”

The memo follows Walker’s own public call for the inspector general to retract its detailed report on the events of Jan. 6, as first reported by The Washington Post. Walker told the Post he objected to specific allegations by the Pentagon watchdog that Matthews’ memo also criticizes, calling the inspector general’s report “inaccurate” and “sloppy work.”

The new memo from Matthews, who now serves in the Army reserves, emerges as officials involved in the response that day try to explain their decision-making to investigators. The House select committee has probed the attack for months, and earlier this year top officials testified before the House oversight panel.

Reached for comment, Matthews said the memo he wrote is entirely accurate. “Our Army has never failed us and did not do so on January 6, 2021,” he said. “However, occasionally some of our Army leaders have failed us and they did so on January 6th. Then they lied about it and tried to cover it up. They tried to smear a good man and to erase history.”

Flynn, now the commanding general of the U.S. Army Pacific, and Piatt didn’t respond to messages. Army spokesperson Mike Brady said in a statement that the service’s “actions on January 6th have been well-documented and reported on, and Gen. Flynn and Lt. Gen. Piatt have been open, honest and thorough in their sworn testimony with Congress and DOD investigators.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/jan-6-generals-lied-ex-dc-guard-official-523777

‘Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6

In a 36-page memo to the Capitol riot committee, Col. Earl Matthews also slams the Pentagon’s inspector general for what he calls an error-ridden report.

A former D.C. National Guard official is accusing two senior Army leaders of lying to Congress and participating in a secret attempt to rewrite the history of the military’s response to the Capitol riot.

In a 36-page memo, Col. Earl Matthews, who held high-level National Security Council and Pentagon roles during the Trump administration, slams the Pentagon’s inspector general for what he calls an error-riddled report that protects a top Army official who argued against sending the National Guard to the Capitol on Jan. 6, delaying the insurrection response for hours.

Matthews’ memo, sent to the Jan. 6 select committee this month and obtained by POLITICO, includes detailed recollections of the insurrection response as it calls two Army generals — Gen. Charles Flynn, who served as deputy chief of staff for operations on Jan. 6, and Lt. Gen. Walter Piatt, the director of Army staff — “absolute and unmitigated liars” for their characterization of the events of that day. Matthews has never publicly discussed the chaos of the Capitol siege.

On Jan. 6, Matthews was serving as the top attorney to Maj. Gen. William Walker, then commanding general of the D.C. National Guard. Matthews’ memo defends the Capitol attack response by Walker, who now serves as the House sergeant at arms, amplifying Walker’s previous congressional testimony about the hourslong delay in the military’s order for the D.C. National Guard to deploy to the riot scene.

“Every leader in the D.C. Guard wanted to respond and knew they could respond to the riot at the seat of government” before they were given clearance to do so on Jan. 6, Matthews’ memo reads. Instead, he said, D.C. guard officials “set [sic] stunned watching in the Armory” during the first hours of the attack on Congress during its certification of the 2020 election results.

Matthews’ memo levels major accusations: that Flynn and Piatt lied to Congress about their response to pleas for the D.C. Guard to quickly be deployed on Jan. 6; that the Pentagon inspector general’s November report on Army leadership’s response to the attack was “replete with factual inaccuracies”; and that the Army has created its own closely held revisionist document about the Capitol riot that’s “worthy of the best Stalinist or North Korea propagandist.”

The memo follows Walker’s own public call for the inspector general to retract its detailed report on the events of Jan. 6, as first reported by The Washington Post. Walker told the Post he objected to specific allegations by the Pentagon watchdog that Matthews’ memo also criticizes, calling the inspector general’s report “inaccurate” and “sloppy work.”

The new memo from Matthews, who now serves in the Army reserves, emerges as officials involved in the response that day try to explain their decision-making to investigators. The House select committee has probed the attack for months, and earlier this year top officials testified before the House oversight panel.

Reached for comment, Matthews said the memo he wrote is entirely accurate. “Our Army has never failed us and did not do so on January 6, 2021,” he said. “However, occasionally some of our Army leaders have failed us and they did so on January 6th. Then they lied about it and tried to cover it up. They tried to smear a good man and to erase history.”

Flynn, now the commanding general of the U.S. Army Pacific, and Piatt didn’t respond to messages. Army spokesperson Mike Brady said in a statement that the service’s “actions on January 6th have been well-documented and reported on, and Gen. Flynn and Lt. Gen. Piatt have been open, honest and thorough in their sworn testimony with Congress and DOD investigators.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/06/jan-6-generals-lied-ex-dc-guard-official-523777

Alex Jones said that he had a "White House Contact" on Jan 06 and during congressional testimony Alex revealed that Caroline Wren was the White House Contact.

Caroline Wren with funding from Publix Heiress Julie Jenkins Fancelli via Women for America First, obtained a permit for the rally featuring former president Donald Trump.

Caroline Wren

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinewren

Company website for Caroline Wren redirects to:

https://www.lindseygraham.com/

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Caroline Wren, president of BlueBonnet Fundraising

By POLITICO STAFF 10/10/2018 05:14 AM EDT

How/where are you celebrating your birthday and with whom?

“I have friends and family flying in from all over the country and @LoganDobson and I are having a joint birthday party at my house in D.C. on Friday including

(but not limited to) margarita machines, mariachi band, face painters, fog machine, mezcal bar, etc. @DaveCatanese is also expected to DJ for a portion of the evening.”

How did you get your start in politics?

“In 2007 for Christmas I asked my parents for a flight to New Hampshire to go and campaign forJohn McCain.

I showed up unannounced at the McCain New Hampshire HQ and luckily someone let me sleep on their floor and I spent a week waving McCain signs in the snow.

From then on I was hooked and ended up taking a semester off from Auburn University to work on the McCain campaign and I’ve been in politics ever since.”

What’s an interesting book/article you’re reading now or finished? And why?

“With the election less than a month away, I’m currently not reading anything other than Excel documents and direct mail copy.”

What is a trend going on in the U.S. or abroad that doesn’t get enough attention?

“The ‘Lindsey Graham for President 2024’ campaign :)”

How is the Trump presidency going?

“-3.7% unemployment … -Passed historic tax cuts … -Confirmed Gorsuch & Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court … -Massive rollback of unnecessary job-killing regulations … -

Recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital … -ended the War on Christmas. I’m not sick of winning.”

What’s a fun fact that people in Washington might not know about you?

“I love to travel and have visited over 35 countries including backpacking trips through Southeast Asia, Europe and the Middle East.”

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/10/playbook-birthday-caroline-wren-886200

Who is Ronna McDaniel a.k.a Ronna Romney?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronna_McDaniel

Who is Caroline Wren?

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinewren

Company website for Caroline Wren redirects to:

https://www.lindseygraham.com/

Who is Julie Jenkins Fancelli?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Fancelli

Alex Jones said that he had a "White House Contact" on Jan 06 and during congressional testimony Alex revealed that Caroline Wren was the White House Contact.

Caroline Wren with funding from Publix Heiress Julie Jenkins Fancelli via Women for America First, obtained a permit for the rally featuring former president Donald Trump.

Caroline Wren

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinewren

Company website for Caroline Wren redirects to:

https://www.lindseygraham.com/

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Caroline Wren, president of BlueBonnet Fundraising

By POLITICO STAFF 10/10/2018 05:14 AM EDT

How/where are you celebrating your birthday and with whom?

“I have friends and family flying in from all over the country and @LoganDobson and I are having a joint birthday party at my house in D.C. on Friday including

(but not limited to) margarita machines, mariachi band, face painters, fog machine, mezcal bar, etc. @DaveCatanese is also expected to DJ for a portion of the evening.”

How did you get your start in politics?

“In 2007 for Christmas I asked my parents for a flight to New Hampshire to go and campaign forJohn McCain.

I showed up unannounced at the McCain New Hampshire HQ and luckily someone let me sleep on their floor and I spent a week waving McCain signs in the snow.

From then on I was hooked and ended up taking a semester off from Auburn University to work on the McCain campaign and I’ve been in politics ever since.”

What’s an interesting book/article you’re reading now or finished? And why?

“With the election less than a month away, I’m currently not reading anything other than Excel documents and direct mail copy.”

What is a trend going on in the U.S. or abroad that doesn’t get enough attention?

“The ‘Lindsey Graham for President 2024’ campaign :)”

How is the Trump presidency going?

“-3.7% unemployment … -Passed historic tax cuts … -Confirmed Gorsuch & Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court … -Massive rollback of unnecessary job-killing regulations … -

Recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital … -ended the War on Christmas. I’m not sick of winning.”

What’s a fun fact that people in Washington might not know about you?

“I love to travel and have visited over 35 countries including backpacking trips through Southeast Asia, Europe and the Middle East.”

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/10/playbook-birthday-caroline-wren-886200

Who is Ronna McDaniel a.k.a Ronna Romney?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronna_McDaniel

Who is Caroline Wren?

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinewren

Company website for Caroline Wren redirects to:

https://www.lindseygraham.com/

Who is Julie Jenkins Fancelli?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Fancelli

Alex Jones said that he had a "White House Contact" on Jan 06 and during congressional testimony Alex revealed that Caroline Wren was the White House Contact.

Caroline Wren with funding from Publix Heiress Julie Jenkins Fancelli via Women for America First, obtained a permit for the rally featuring former president Donald Trump.

Caroline Wren

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinewren

Company website for Caroline Wren redirects to:

https://www.lindseygraham.com/

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Caroline Wren, president of BlueBonnet Fundraising

By POLITICO STAFF 10/10/2018 05:14 AM EDT

How/where are you celebrating your birthday and with whom?

“I have friends and family flying in from all over the country and @LoganDobson and I are having a joint birthday party at my house in D.C. on Friday including

(but not limited to) margarita machines, mariachi band, face painters, fog machine, mezcal bar, etc. @DaveCatanese is also expected to DJ for a portion of the evening.”

How did you get your start in politics?

“In 2007 for Christmas I asked my parents for a flight to New Hampshire to go and campaign forJohn McCain.

I showed up unannounced at the McCain New Hampshire HQ and luckily someone let me sleep on their floor and I spent a week waving McCain signs in the snow.

From then on I was hooked and ended up taking a semester off from Auburn University to work on the McCain campaign and I’ve been in politics ever since.”

What’s an interesting book/article you’re reading now or finished? And why?

“With the election less than a month away, I’m currently not reading anything other than Excel documents and direct mail copy.”

What is a trend going on in the U.S. or abroad that doesn’t get enough attention?

“The ‘Lindsey Graham for President 2024’ campaign :)”

How is the Trump presidency going?

“-3.7% unemployment … -Passed historic tax cuts … -Confirmed Gorsuch & Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court … -Massive rollback of unnecessary job-killing regulations … -

Recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital … -ended the War on Christmas. I’m not sick of winning.”

What’s a fun fact that people in Washington might not know about you?

“I love to travel and have visited over 35 countries including backpacking trips through Southeast Asia, Europe and the Middle East.”

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/10/playbook-birthday-caroline-wren-886200

Who is Ronna McDaniel a.k.a Ronna Romney?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronna_McDaniel

Who is Caroline Wren?

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinewren

Company website for Caroline Wren redirects to:

https://www.lindseygraham.com/

Who is Julie Jenkins Fancelli?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Fancelli