Top US general testified that Pence — not Trump — or...

Peterarthur
“Vice President Pence – there were two or three calls with Vice President Pence. He was very animated, and he issued very explicit, very direct, unambiguous orders. ... Get the military down here, get the guard down here. Put down this situation, et cetera,” he added, referring to Pence.

Peterarthur
video from the committee’s interview with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley saying then-Vice President Mike Pence was the one who ordered National Guard troops to respond to the violence on Jan. 6, 2021, but that he was told by the White House to say it was former President Trump.

Peterarthur
There was no question about that,” Milley says in the video.“He was very animated, very direct, very firm to Secretary Miller.