WASHINGTON — The man who led the Pentagon during former President Donald Trump’s supporters’ deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol is expected to defend his decisions at a congressional hearing on Wednesday, saying that sending in troops would have created the appearance of a “military coup.”
Former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller plans to say that the military was deliberately restrained on the day of Trump’s January 6 rally, that turned into an assault by hundreds of his followers that left five dead including a police officer, according to a copy of his prepared remarks seen by Reuters.
“I am keenly aware of the criticism regarding the Department of Defense’s respo…
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