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Co-chairs of the committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot are demanding Pentagon records related to recent reports that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley went behind then-President Donald Trump's back to warn China of a potential attack.
'The facts surrounding steps taken at the Pentagon to protect our security both before and after January 6th are a crucial area of focus,' Representatives Bennie Thompson, a Democrat, and Liz Cheney, a Republican, wrote in a statement Thursday.
'Indeed, the Select Committee has sought records specifically related to these matters and we expect the Department of Defense to cooperate fully with our probe,' the two lawmakers added. 'Looking ahead, we will carefully evaluate all the facts.'
Excerpts from upcoming book 'Peril', which were published earlier this week, detail that Milley sought to assure in calls with General Li Zuocheng of the People's Liberation Army in China that the U.S. was not about to launch strikes in the aftermath of the Capitol attack.
The select committee probing the January 6 Capitol riot are demanding the Pentagon turn over all documents related to claims that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley spoke to China behind then-President Donald Trump's back
