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Read Replies (1) | Respond to Kyle Keegan Trump put him in place as Defense Secretary to support his coup attempt:President Donald Trump named him acting defense secretary on November 9, 2020, after firing Mark Esper . [5] [6] [7] [8] Miller, who took office soon after Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election , was accused of obstructing the transition to Joe Biden's administration by Biden staff. ..... Miller was also criticized for his response to the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol . He approved the deployment of National Guard troops from neighboring states to reinforce the D.C. National Guard at 4:41 p.m., three hours after Capitol Police said that they were being overrun and two hours after city officials had asked for such assistance. [ .............According to Miller's later statements, on January 3 he was ordered by Trump to "do whatever was necessary to protect the demonstrators" on January 6. [43] The following day, Miller issued orders which prohibited deploying D.C. Guard members with weapons, helmets, body armor or riot control agents without his personal approval. [44] On January 5, Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy issued a memo placing limits on the District of Columbia National Guard. [44] Maj. Gen. William J. Walker , the commanding general of the D.C. National Guard, later explained: "All military commanders normally have immediate response authority to protect property, life, and in my case, federal functions — federal property and life. But in this instance I did not have that authority ." [44] [45] After rioters breached the Capitol Police perimeter, Miller waited more than three hours before authorizing the deployment of the National Guard. [46] [45] Miller didn't provide that permission until 4:32 pm, after assets from Virginia had already entered the District, and Trump had instructed rioters to "go home"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_C._Miller
