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Muriel Bowser

Mayor of the District of Columbia since 2015

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Nov 16, 2025
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did trump request capitol protection on Jan 6 2021

Available reporting shows President Donald Trump discussed and floated deploying National Guard forces around January 6, 2021, but there is no consensus in the record that he specifically ordered troo...

Nov 27, 2025
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Did the national guard members shot in DC die

Available reporting indicates two West Virginia National Guard members were shot near the White House on November 26, 2025 and were described by multiple officials as in “critical condition” after bei...

Dec 14, 2025
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Who has the authority to call up the national guard on January 6th?

Authority to call up the National Guard on January 6, 2021, was legally and practically split among multiple actors: the District of Columbia Mayor could request DC National Guard assistance, the Capi...

Nov 10, 2025

Who gave the order for National Guard deployment at the Capitol building on January 6?

Multiple officials played roles in the decision to send National Guard personnel to the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021: . Claims that former President Trump personally ordered a 20,000-troop deployme...

Dec 8, 2025

Did Trump request the national guard on Jan 3

Available official timelines and post‑event reporting show no credible evidence that former President Trump signed an order on Jan. 3, 2021, to deploy 10,000–20,000 National Guard troops for Jan. 6; t...

Nov 21, 2025

What role did the DC Mayor play in requesting National Guard assistance on January 6 2021?

On January 4, 2021 Mayor Muriel Bowser submitted written requests for limited District of Columbia National Guard (DCNG) assistance for January 5–6, specifying crowd management and traffic/control rol...

Nov 13, 2025

Who approved the National Guard deployment on January 6 2021?

The National Guard was not sent to the Capitol on January 6, 2021, by a single, instantaneous order from the President; the deployment that did occur was ultimately approved through the Department of ...

Oct 18, 2025

Who authorized the National Guard deployment during the January 6 Capitol riots?

The records show multiple, overlapping authorities and requests behind the National Guard presence around the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack: of Guard forces after a request from D.C. officials, while...

Nov 29, 2025

What role does the DC Mayor play in requesting National Guard deployment?

The D.C. mayor cannot unilaterally deploy the D.C. National Guard; authority over the D.C. Guard rests with federal officials (President, Secretary of Defense/Army) and deployment of out‑of‑state Guar...

Nov 12, 2025

What reinforcements were requested for Capitol security on January 6 2021?

On January 6, 2021, the U.S. Capitol Police and the Mayor of Washington, D.C., formally requested , including immediate National Guard assistance and additional federal law-enforcement support, but ap...

Jan 18, 2026

Did the House or Capitol Police formally request National Guard support prior to Jan. 6, and who authorized or denied it?

The short answer: the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) did not submit a formal written request to the Department of Defense for National Guard troops to be positioned on the Capitol grounds in the days befo...

Nov 27, 2025

Who has been identified as the suspect and what was the motive in the shooting?

Authorities and multiple news organizations have identified the suspect as 29‑year‑old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who entered the United States in 2021 under programs tied to the U.S. wi...

Jan 15, 2026

What contemporaneous communications between Capitol Police and Pentagon leaders document requests for Guard assistance on Jan. 6?

Chief Steven Sund made repeated, contemporaneous oral requests for National Guard assistance during a chaotic conference call at about 2:26 p.m. on Jan. 6, a plea that Pentagon timelines and later tes...

Dec 1, 2025

Crime rate in Washington DC

Washington, D.C.’s crime picture through 2024–mid‑2025 is contested: official and federal reports describe large recent declines in violent crime (violent crime down 35% in 2024 vs. 2023 per the U.S. ...

Nov 26, 2025

DC Mayor Bowser's requests for National Guard assistance before Capitol riot

Mayor Muriel Bowser submitted a written request on Dec. 31, 2020 asking for District of Columbia National Guard (DCNG) assistance for inauguration-related security; the Pentagon authorized limited, mo...

Oct 29, 2025

Did any officials refuse or delay National Guard deployment requests on January 6th?

The record shows conflicting accounts: some officials and witnesses say requests for National Guard assistance on January 6 were denied or delayed for reasons including , while Pentagon internal findi...

Dec 3, 2025

Who can authorize National Guard deployments in Washington DC in 2025?

The president and the federal executive branch have been the explicit driver of the 2025 National Guard deployments in Washington, D.C.: authorities say President Trump issued the August 2025 mobiliza...

Nov 28, 2025

Which federal or DC officials requested National Guard assistance for January 6 and in what timeline?

Multiple official and local officials requested National Guard support around Jan. 6, 2021, but sources disagree about who asked when and how quickly approvals moved. Key points: Mayor Muriel Bowser r...

Nov 28, 2025

What are the conditions under which the DC National Guard can be deployed?

The District of Columbia National Guard has been operating in Washington, D.C., under orders that the Trump administration and the Pentagon say authorize a crime‑fighting mission; formal orders review...

Nov 28, 2025

What policing, policy, or social interventions have influenced homicide changes in D.C. since 2024?

Washington, D.C. saw a large drop in violence in 2024 — roughly a 31–32% fall in homicides (190 vs. 274) and a 35% decline in total violent crime, according to D.C. police and the U.S. Attorney’s Offi...