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The Army falsely denied for days that Lt. Gen. Charles A. Flynn, the brother of disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn, was involved in a key meeting during its heavily scrutinized response to the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Charles Flynn confirmed in a statement issued to The Washington Post on Wednesday that he was in the room for a tense Jan. 6 phone call during which the Capitol Police and D.C. officials pleaded with the Pentagon to dispatch the National Guard urgently, but top Army officials expressed concern about having the Guard at the Capitol.

Flynn left the room before the meeting was over, anticipating that then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, who was in another meeting, would soon take action to deploy more guard members, he said.

“I entered the room after the call began and departed prior to the call ending as I believed a decision was imminent from the Secretary and I needed to be in my office to assist in executing the decision,” Flynn said.

The general’s presence during the call — which has not previously been reported — came weeks after his brother publicly suggested that President Donald Trump declare martial law and have the U.S. military oversee a redo of the election. There is no indication that Charles Flynn shares his brother’s extreme views or discharged his duties at the Pentagon on Jan. 6 in any manner that was influenced by his brother.

It makes sense that Flynn, as the Army’s deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and training, would have been involved in the Pentagon response. The D.C. Guard answers to the president, but the president delegates control over the force to the defense secretary and the Army secretary, essentially leaving it to top Army officials to make critical decisions regarding the District’s military force. Flynn, however, is not in the chain of command.

Supporters of President Trump crossed barricades and began marching toward the back of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. (Video: The Washington Post)

The Army’s initial denial of Flynn’s participation in the critical Jan. 6 meeting, despite multiple inquiries on the matter, comes as lawmakers demand transparency from the Defense Department in the aftermath of one of Washington’s gravest national security failures, which left one police officer and four rioters dead, the Capitol desecrated and the lives of Vice President Mike Pence and members of Congress endangered.

The episode highlights the challenge for the Army in having an influential senior officer whose brother has become a central figure in QAnon, the extreme ideology that alleges Trump was waging a battle with Satan-worshiping Democrats who traffic children. Michael Flynn, who previously ran the Defense Intelligence Agency and left the Army as a three-star general, has espoused QAnon messages, and QAnon adherents are among those who have been charged in connection with the attempted insurrection. In November, Trump announced he had pardoned Flynn, who had pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.

The night before the Capitol siege, Michael Flynn addressed a crowd of Trump supporters at Freedom Plaza near the White House, saying: “This country is awake tomorrow. . . . The members, the members of Congress, the members of the House of Representatives, the members of the United States Senate, those of you who are feeling weak tonight . . . we the people are going to be here, and we want you to know that we will not stand for a lie.”

McCarthy, who left office as the Trump administration concluded Wednesday, said in a Jan. 12 interview with The Post that he was not on the call, implying he could not address whether Flynn was. But he defended Flynn’s character, saying he has known him for years.

“Charlie Flynn is an officer of an incredibly high integrity,” McCarthy said. “Multiple combat tours. He has buried a lot of people. This guy has given a lot to this country. It is incredibly awkward for this officer every day for what is going on with him and his brother, but he puts his head down in, and he is locked in to serve the Constitution.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/flynn-national-guard-call-riot/2021/01/20/7f4f41ba-5b4c-11eb-aaad-93988621dd28_story.html

>>21663223

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13372839/DC-National-Guard-whistleblower-claims-Trump-stripped-commander-chief-powers-January-6.html

EXCLUSIVE DC

National Guard whistleblower claims Trump was stripped of his commander-in-chief powers on January 6

Donald Trump's authority as commander-in-chief was ignored by senior military leadership on January 6, 2021, claims the chief legal advisor for D.C. National Guard on that day.

Colonel Earl Matthews came forward as a whistleblower to the House subcommittee reviewing the January 6 Select Committee's investigation.

He sat down with DailyMail.com two weeks after the public hearing to explain what he saw happen that day.

He claims that Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the time, and then-Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy, were plotting to disobey any orders handed down by Trump because they 'unreasonably' assumed the then-president was going to break the law and try to use the D.C. National Guard (DCNG) to stop certification of the 2020 presidential election results.

A lot has been made about the breakdown in military and administration communication when it came to the timeline of deploying DCNG to the Capitol.

But Matthews claims senior military leadership was solely focused on getting the heat off of them and putting it back onto Trump.

>>21663359

PDJT tell you exactly WHO THE DEEP STATE CONSISTED OF…

SHOCKING BREAKING NEWS: As exposed by the Great John Solomon, a REAL Journalist who cares about the TRUTH, and the GREAT work of Congressman Barry Loudermilk and Republicans on the House Oversight Committee, the Deep State chose to disregard my direct authorization of at least 10,000 National Guard Troops to ensure that Washington, D.C., was safe and secure on January 6, 2021. These Deep State subversives disobeyed the President’s directives, which would have prevented any unrest that day - January 6th, as it is known, would never have taken place….

….These revelations END the Sham J6 Civil Hoaxes and the lawless D.C. Case brought by Deranged Jack Smith, which has already been demolished by the United States Supreme Court’s Historic Immunity and Fischer Decisions. I called for everyone to act PEACEFULLY and PATRIOTICALLY, and demanded that D.C. be PROTECTED. The Deep State, and Crazy Nancy Pelosi, who admitted to her daughter on videotape that she was “responsible,” have to be held to account, including for the damages, wasted resources, and time spent defending the Witch Hunts and Hoaxes. We have to SAVE our broken Justice System!

>>21663381

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/HA/HA06/20240417/117118/HHRG-118-HA06-Wstate-MatthewsE-20240417.pdf

RECORD VERSION

STATEMENT BY

COLONEL EARL G. MATTHEWS

UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT

HOUSE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE

SECOND SESSION, 118TH CONGRESS

APRIL 17, 2024

Good morning Chairman Loudermilk, Ranking Member Torres and Members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for inviting me to testify today. Your subcommittee's investigation into the security failures that occurred at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 is important because

what happened that day must never again be repeated.

I am here today because two senior general officers of the United States Army, General

Charles Flynn and Lieutenant General Walter Piatt, lied about why it took so long for the D.C.

National Guard to deploy to the Capitol on January 6, 2021. When I say these officers lied, I do not do so lightly or cavalierly. I speak from personal knowledge having interacted with them on January 6, having spoken to them on that day and having been on video and telephone conference calls with them on January 6* and on days before and after.

These officers lied with impunity, making material misrepresentations without fear of contradiction or repercussion in both oral and written testimony to multiple committees of the

Congress, both House and Senate. They lied to Department of Defense investigators, and they lied to members of the press who were looking into their actions or inaction on that infamous

day.

I hope to discuss with you today how they lied, where they lied and in my opinion why

they lied. I will also tell you that despite their wrongdoing, these officers were and are backed

to the hilt by the current civilian leadership of both the Department of the Army and the

Department of Defense. The current Secretary of the Army, Christine Wormuth, has doubled-

down on supporting these generals, dismissing out of hand, without investigation or inquiry, my

allegations of their misconduct.

The Secretary of the Army's spokesperson issued a statement indicating that: "Generals

Piatt and Flynn have been open honest and thorough in their sworn testimony with Congress and

DoD investigators. We stand by all testimony and facts provided to date and vigorously reject

any allegations to the contrary."

General Flynn will retire this summer without any accountability for having made

untruthful statements to congressional committees. In 2022, the current Secretary of the Army and the current Secretary of Defense, with the strong support, encouragement and urging of the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark A. Milley, sent Lieutenant General Piatt's name to the President of the United States for nomination for promotion to full General.

Army leadership held open the 4-star Army Futures Command billet for nearly 1 year as various

senior leaders advocated with Senate members and with the White House staff in order to win

support for General Piatt's nomination. Although these Army leaders were unsuccessful, Piatt

for a time served as the de facto Acting Vice Chief of Staff of the Army before retiring this year.

A Tale of Two Duplicitous Generals

On March 2, 2021 Lieutenant General Piatt lied to a senior Department of Defense

official, then Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security,

Mr. Robert G. Salesses, when Piatt told Mr. Salesses that, on January 6, 2021, Piatt never

expressed concern about the negative optics of uniformed National Guard personnel at the

Capitol during a 2:30 pm telephone call with D.C. government officials, the U.S. Capitol Police

Chief, and D.C. National Guard leaders. Mr. Salesses was preparing to testify before a joint

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hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate

Rules Committee on the following day and sought Piatt's recollection of events in part because

the optics question had become a topic of concern for the Senate. According to Salesses,

"General Piatt told me yesterday that he did not say anything about optics." Piatt knew Salesses would repeat his false assertion before the Senate committees. Three separate police chiefs, five

D.C. National Guardsmen, at least three additional D.C. government officials, and two Army officers serving as notetakers at the Pentagon all heard Piatt cite the negative optics of uniformed

troops at the Capitol during the election certification as a reason that Piatt could not recommend

to the Secretary of the Army that D.C. National Guard deploy to the Capitol to support the U.S.

Capitol Police as the riot unfolded.

Lieutenant General Piatt also falsely claimed to various congressional committees and the

DoDIG that at roughly 2:25 PM, on January 6, 2021, on a call with D.C. Government officials,

U.S. Capitol Police Chief, Steven Sund, and D.C. Guard leaders, Secretary of the Army Ryan

McCarthy directed Major General Walker to prepare the QRF to move to the Capitol to support

the USCP, but to remain at the Armory until McCarthy gained approval. This is another of Piatt's absolute lies. First, Secretary McCarthy was not a participant on this call, which I personally helped to facilitate and which used a D.C. government phone bridge. District of

Columbia Government and D.C. National Guard personnel were on the call from its outset and

would have heard and remembered McCarthy's participation, yet none do. Indeed, we all say in

sworn testimony that McCarthy was not on the call. Secondly, on a call where I and many others

heard Piatt state that his best military advice to Secretary McCarthy would be for the D.C. Guard

not to deploy to the Capitol, Piatt was after the fact claiming that McCarthy had gone to get

immediate approval for such a deployment.

Lastly, Piatt and Flynn have both steadfastly and falsely claimed during multiple investigations that the QRF was not designed or postured to respond to civil disturbances. This is another lie. The QRF was organized, trained, equipped and postured only to respond to a civil disturbance or riot, which is why both the Acting Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Army specifically mentioned this unit in memoranda, and placed tight restrictions on its employment. Piatt knew this. Why would the Secretary of the Army immediately order the 2:25

PM prepositioning of a QRF that Piatt and Flynn say was not equipped to deal with a civil

disturbance situation? Piatt's lies were beginning to conflict with each other.

The extent of General Flynn's duplicity is such that he claims in sworn testimony not to

have even been on a telephone conference call which multiple people have sworn that he was.

On June 15, 2021, in sworn testimony, Flynn declares to the House Oversight and Reform Committee: "I understand claims exist that I participated in the phone call taking place in the

Secretary of the Army's office, I did not." Here Flynn, blatantly lies to a congressional committee. Flynn was an active participant on the call from its beginning to its conclusion. I was

on the 2:30 PM call and spoke to both Piatt and Flynn personally.

When asked by the Select Committee on October 28, 2021, "Did you ever — Did you speak on that call?" Flynn states that he did not. Again, this is a lie. Again, I and multiple

people heard him speak on the call and told the Select Committee so. Four of us are now telling

this subcommittee so under oath. An investigative counsel with the Select Committee personally

told me that numerous individuals had corroborated to the Select Committee that Flynn was on

the 2:30 PM call. The Select Committee knew that General Flynn was being untruthful, but

excused and overlooked his lack of candor because the Select Committee was squarely focused

on matters it believed would embarrass or incriminate President Trump.

>>21663486

Aww that’s cute…FYI DARPA MCCHRYSTAL HILLARY LOVE IS BOTH FLYNN BROTHERS MENTOR and BEST FRIENDS!

But don’t take my word for it ask

Stewart Rhodes

Enrique Tarrio

Kellye SoRelle

Joseph Biggs

All oathkeepers, proud boys, 3%er, and the rest of These Deep State subversives disobeyed the President's directives, which would have prevented any unrest that day - January 6th, as it is known, would never have taken place….

MCCHRYSTAL IS THE POPE!

>>21663688

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>>21663647

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>>21663192

I REMEMBER

https://www.businessinsider.com/eric-adams-gave-diddy-key-to-nyc-charged-same-month-2024-9

Eric Adams gave Diddy a key to NYC a year ago. They were both charged with crimes this month.

Maria Noyen, Alcynna Lloyd, and Jacob Shamsian Sep 26, 2024, 11:24 AM PDT

NYC Mayor Eric Adams and Sean "Diddy" Combs in NYC in September 2023.

Caroline Rubinstein-Willis/Associated Press

In September 2023, NYC Mayor Eric Adams gave hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs a key to the city.

Both Adams and Combs were charged with crimes in September 2024.

While both are known for their party-loving lifestyles, it's unclear if they're actually friends.

About a year ago, New York Mayor Eric Adams gave Sean Combs, the music mogul known as Diddy, a key to the city.

Now both are facing criminal charges in a stunning fall from grace.

During a ceremony in Times Square, Adams handed Diddy the key, a symbol of recognition for New Yorkers who have achieved remarkable success. Diddy was born in Harlem in 1969 and later attended Catholic school in the Bronx.

Adams, now 64, also proclaimed the day "Diddy Day."

"I want to thank you all for this honor and for recognizing me as a proud New Yorker by presenting me with the key to the city," Diddy, now 54, said during the ceremony.

Earlier this year, Adams requested that Diddy return the key in light of the growing controversy surrounding the rapper, which crested last week when Diddy was arrested and indicted on charges of sex trafficking and racketeering. Diddy has said he is innocent.

Adams is now also in a legal hot seat.

In an indictment unsealed Thursday morning, federal prosecutors accuse the mayor of years long public corruption.

Prosecutors say Adams solicited bribes from foreign nationals to support his political campaigns and his personal travel.

The indictment states that, over roughly 10 years, he accepted various gifts, such as complimentary or discounted Turkish Airlines flights, vacations at luxury hotels, and yacht trips.