Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faced criticism after her recent post on X accusing President Donald Trump of delaying National Guard deployment during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
Pelosi wrote that Trump “delayed deploying the National Guard on January 6th when our Capitol was under violent attack and lives were at stake.”
She also labeled his current activation of the Guard as a distraction from his “incompetent mishandling” of tariffs, healthcare, education and immigration.
In response, former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund publicly disputed Pelosi’s narrative surrounding the Guard’s deployment.
Sund accused Pelosi of blocking multiple requests for Guard support before and during the attack.
“Ma’am, it is long past time to be honest with the American people,” Sund wrote.
He detailed that on Jan. 3, he requested National Guard assistance, but the House Sergeant at Arms denied the request.
Sund explained, “Under federal law (2 U.S.C. §1970), I was prohibited from calling them in without specific approval.”
Sund added that Carol Corbin at the Pentagon offered Guard assistance that same day, but he was forced to decline due to legal restrictions.
On Jan. 6, during the Capitol attack, Sund’s repeated pleas for help were denied by the Sergeant