No, he instructed his people in the meeting, with the authority to prepare to deploy. At that point, they were prep'd and authorized once Peolsi or the capitol police requested the reinforcements. Standard leadership steps, since minus marshal law, he didn't have to authority to send them in on his own. All steps were cleared in the event that they were requested, to the best of his knowledge.what DANC and Trump left out, was that Trump authorized 10,000 national guard troops just by thinking it to himself.
he had that power you know.
Stop being partisan, stop obfuscating.