the morning of january 3rd, i went to see paul irving to request the national guard.he final intelligence assessment didn't come out unti the evening of january third, i was pretty much reviewed on the fourth, but you have to understand that intelligence assessment didn't indicate the level of threat we now know existed. this significant threat that wa out there, the fact that the fb was tracking 18 domestic terrorist suspects that were coming to the capital. and my intelligence unit on the fourth, fifth, and six put out intelligence saying low probability of civil disobedience. my deputy chief and insistent chief even had me approve, recommended approval for the permits that were taking place on capitol grounds. most of those came through on the fourth. here we are on the fifth, we've got big video call with all the heads of intelligence, law enforcement agencies calling me as well as military leadership in dc and no one is bringing an alarms about the intelligence. my request for the national guard is based on the law enforcement experience. i knew we were going to

i went on january 3rd requesting the national guard from paul irving. that was the first request for the for the national guard. i then went to mike stanger, who is the senate sergej arms now, paul irving, is a politically appointed by speaker pelosi. he initially, when i asked for the national guard on january 3rd, which was a sunday, was the first day of the new congress. he said specifically, quote, i don't like the optics. and besides, the intelligence didn't support it. his concern for the optics, i believe, goes back to pelosi's decision, that statement that she referred to the federal agents and national guard on the streets of america as storm troopers. and i think she just didn't want to look at storm troopers up on the hill. and then come january six . and i think what your what your viewers don't realize is the restrictions i have as the chief of police, i'm one of the only chiefs in the united states . i am the only chief in the united states that has a federal law, a law passed by members of congress that prevents me from calling in any fed