“I offered her [then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi] 10,000 soldiers

Avalon - “I offered her [then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi] 10,000 soldiers or National Guard, and she turned them down.”—Trump Trump and his allies have invented the claim that he requested 10,000 troops before the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, twisting an offhand comment into a supposed order to the Pentagon. Trump's account is “incredible” and “completely devoid of any evidence in the record.” The result of scores of interviews and investigations all of which are available on line.