Nancy Pelosi Is ‘Responsible’ for Jan. 6 After Turning Down Security Request: Trump

President Trump also blamed the Jan. 6 committee for not interviewing Ms. Pelosi about the Capitol breach.

Vice President Mike Pence (L) watches as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) reacts after reaching out to shake hands with President Donald Trump as he arrives to deliver the State of the Union address in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Feb. 4, 2020. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump is accusing Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of being primarily responsible for the Capitol breach on Jan. 6 as she turned down his offer of deploying 10,000 soldiers prior to the incident.

“I offered 10,000 people to the mayor of Washington D.C. and Nancy Pelosi … and they turned it down flat,” President Trump said in a Sept. 17 interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Nancy Pelosi, who was then the House speaker, “was in charge of security. She turned down 10,000 soldiers. If she didn’t turn down the soldiers, you wouldn’t have had January 6th.”