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"Ma’am, it is long past time to be honest with the American people," he wrote in a lengthy post on X. "On January 3, I requested National Guard assistance, but your Sergeant at Arms denied it. Under federal law (2 U.S.C. 1970), I was prohibited from calling them in without specific approval. That same day, Carol Corbin at the Pentagon offered National Guard support, but I was forced to decline because I lacked the legal authority.
And on the day of the riots, Sund said Pelosi delayed his requests to deploy the National Guard for "over 70 agonizing minutes.