ENTIRELY CLEAR.
THE WOMAN’S IDENTITY HAS NOT
BEEN RELEASED, YET.
>>> THERE ARE AN AWFUL LOT OF
ESTIONS, OVER WHERE THE D.C.
NATIONAL GUARD WAS IN THE
IMMEDIATE HOURS, AFTER THAT
VIOLENT MOB STORMED THE CAPITOL.
>>> NEWS 4’S JACKIE BENSEN
CONTINUES OUR LIVE COVERAGE FROM
THE D.C. ARMORY WITH SOME
ANSWERS.
JACKIE.
>> Reporter: WELL, WE KNOW THE
D.C. NATIONAL GUARD, NOW ON THE
STREETS OF D.C.
TAKE A LOOK HERE, THOUGH.
THESE ARE BUSES I BELIEVE
BROUGHT SEVERAL HUNDRED MEMBERS
OF MARYLAND’S NATIONAL GUARD
HERE, THIS EVENING.
AND WE UNDERSTAND, VIRGINIA
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS ARE, ALSO,
ON THE WAY.
NOW, AS TO THAT DELAY.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTING,
TONIGHT, THAT IT WAS VICE
PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE, AND NOT
PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO AUTHORIZED
THE USE OF THE D.C. NATIONAL
GUARD.
MEMBERS OF THE D.C. NATIONAL
GUARD, IN RIOT GEAR, FORMED A
LINE TO PUSH INSURRECTIONIST
RIOTERS, WHO HAD STORMED THE
U.S. CAPITOL, OFF THE GROUNDS.
UNLIKE THE GOVERNORS OF STATES,
THE DISTRICT’S CHIEF EXECUTIVE
MUST HAVE AUTHORIZATION FROM THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
IN ORDER TO DEPLOY THE NATIONAL
GUARD.
AT AN AFTERNOON PRESS
CONFERENCE, THE SECRETARY OF THE
ARMY INDICATED THERE HAD BN
SOME TYPE OF DELAY IN THAT
PROCESS.
>> A LOT OF QUESTIONS WERE
ASKED.
LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION.
BUT AS WE WORKED THROUGH IT, WE
ULTIMATELY MADE THE
DETERMINATION, ABOUT A HALF HOUR
LATER, TO MOBILIZE THE ENTIRE
D.C. NATIONAL GUARD.
>> Reporter: THE FIRST D.C.
NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS DID NOT
LEAVE THE D.C. ARMORY, YOU CAN
SEE THEM IN THIS BUS CONVOY,
UNTIL ABOUT 5:30 P.M. HOURS
AFTER THE INNERMOST SECURITY OF
THE CAPITOL WAS BREACHED.
IT WAS A SHARP CONTRAST TO THE
NIGHT OF JUNE 1st, 2020, WHEN
D.C. NATIONAL GUARD HELICOPTERS
WERE REQUESTED BY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
THEY HOVERED OVER THOUSANDS
STAGING A PEACEFUL PROTEST
FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF GEORGE
FLOYD AT THE HANDS OF POLICE IN
MIN
MINNEAPOLIS.
THE MANEUVER BECAME A SUBJECT OF
A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
INVESTIGATION.
THAT SAME NIGHT, NATIONAL GUARD
TROOPS WERE STATIONED AT STREET
CORNERS IN D.C. AS D.C. POLICE
MADE CONTROVERSIAL, MASS ARRESTS
OF PROTESTORS.
AND MOST OF THOSE MASS ARRESTS,
THAT NIGHT OF JUNE 1st, WERE FOR
VIOLATION OF THE CURFEW THAT
WENT INTO EFFECT THAT NIGHT.