Claim: The Department of Defense initially denied a request by D.C. officials to deploy the National Guard at the U.S. Capitol as it was breached by a pro-Trump mob seeking to prevent the certification of the 2020 presidential election.
Fact-check: Were Requests To Deploy National Guard Initially Denied During Capitol Riots?
Verdict: Mixture
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Nur Ibrahim
Date published: 2021-01-06T18:02:30