I saw on Facebook a copy of the letter that the acting head of the Department of Defense, who was installed on November 9, wrote to the head of the DC National Guard not to deploy any troops unless express permission was given from the DoD. Apparently, this was not standard operating procedure and the DC National Guard would normally have been able to deploy them themselves.

If this is true, and I haven’t searched exhaustively for corroboration, wouldn’t that indicate Trump’s intent to incite a dangerous riot? Wouldn’t it mean that he knew Esper would not go along with this and that’s why he installed a lackey to tell the National Guard to hold off?

There was a copy of the letter in the posting but I know that this may or may not be true. The fact that I didn’t hear anything about this potentially damning fact, if it is a fact, makes me wonder about its veracity. However, I did not watch all of the trial.

Anyone who can shed light on this issue, would be a help. However, I am posting in General and off-topic, general ranting comments will be flagged.

(Apologies for the length.)