Former lawyer for the D.C. National Guard, Colonel Earl Matthews, has raised serious allegations of retaliation from the U.S. Army following his testimony to the now disbanded January 6th Select Committee. In a comprehensive 36-page memo sent to Congress, Matthews accused General Charles Flynn, brother of former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, and Army Lieutenant General Walter Pyatt of being 'absolute and unmitigated liars.' Matthews claimed that these two individuals misrepresented the military's response to the January 6th attack on the Capitol.
At the center of this dispute lies the question of who was responsible for the four-hour delay in deploying the National Guard as the rioters breached the Capitol. While Flynn and Pyatt were not directly in the chain of command, they held key advisory roles for the Secretary of the Army, making their input significant. Matthews, who previously served as the Chief Legal Officer for the Department of the Army, expressed concerns over their focus on optics rather than security during the aftermath of the attack.
