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Sunday, November 8, 2026

CAPITOL RIOT: Fresh Details Confirm Trump & SecDef Pushed to Deploy National Guard While “Optics” Fears Followed Leftist Outrage Over BLM Riot Policing.

New information about the failure to protect the U.S. Capitol – despite intelligence suggesting a pre-planned attack – asserts that it was President Trump's team that forced the issue of National Guard deployment, while Army officials at the Pentagon were more concerned about the backlash they might face from the media, the DC Mayor, and the political left.

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