Before Liz Cheney claimed President Donald Trump took no action on the National Guard, she coordinated a campaign to prevent deployment
Cheney orchestrated opposition to the use of the military to quell election-related unrest, allegedly organizing a Washington Post op-ed on Jan. 3, 2021, signed by every living former defense secretary.
Involving the military in election disputes would cross into dangerous territory, the article warned, and threatened any military official who thought using the military might be a good idea.
Bowser's use of guard troops on Jan. 6 extended to unarmed troops restricted to traffic control and removed from protests
She directed to law enforcement to not engage in domestic surveillance, searches, or seizures of U.S. persons without her explicit permission, and prohibited the use of armed troops.
Cheney and her colleagues with the Select Committee have sought to indict Trump as responsible for a slow response from the National Guard on Jan. 6, 2019
The panel's own findings have undermined the probe's point.
In December, the committee released a trove of private communications from former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who pledged the Guard would be ready to maintain order
During the same week, Trump authorized up to 20,000 National Guardsmen and women for use by the Department of Defense
https://thefederalist.com/2022/08/02/inside-liz-cheneys-coordinated-effort-to-prevent-troop-deployment-before-jan-6/
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