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The deployment of the National Guard to the US Capitol on January 6 was delayed due to unusual approval requirements and high-level sign-off, resulting in a multi-hour gap between the initial request and the arrival of Guard forces.
A careful reading of contemporaneous records and multiple fact‑checks finds no evidence that then‑Speaker Nancy Pelosi “turned down” or blocked the National Guard on Jan. 6; authority to activate the ...
The short answer: no credible evidence shows Nancy Pelosi told then‑President Donald Trump not to send the National Guard on January 6, 2021; multiple fact‑checks and contemporaneous reporting show sh...
There is no credible evidence that has an alcohol problem: her office has repeatedly said she does not drink, and multiple fact-checkers have shown viral videos and claims alleging intoxication were m...
The documented record shows limited, situational communications between then‑Speaker (or her office) and Capitol security or officials about support in the days immediately before and during the attac...
During the roughly three-hour delay between the first breaches of the U.S. Capitol and the full deployment of reinforcements, law enforcement on the ground — principally the U.S. Capitol Police and Me...
The claim that Nancy Pelosi "refused" the National Guard on January 6, 2021 is false: authoritative contemporaneous reporting and multiple fact-checks show Pelosi did not have unilateral authority to ...
The Speaker of the House does not have unilateral legal authority to “call out” or directly deploy the National Guard; operational control over Guard forces depends on whether they are state-controlle...