One of the Left's biggest weapons against Trump is their weaponization and manipulation of the events of January 6th. Thousands of Americans believe the lies that have been spewed by the Left regarding what happened that day. But as more evidence comes out, the more it appears that the Left knew what their plans were regarding this day from the beginning. Blaze Media correspondent Steve Baker joined Glenn to share the revelations discovered from newly released testimony, including evidence that shows that it was the PENTAGON that denied National Guard protection for the Capitol on January 6th due to 'bad optics.'

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Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: I want to introduce you to Steve Baker. He's an investigative idealist. Blaze media correspondent. Yeah. He's the guy that might go to jail. In fact, I think if the election goes the wrong way, he's going to go to jail.

He was parading -- parading.

In the Capitol building. Which he really wasn't. He was standing with his back up against the wall.

Recording, and doing the job of a journalist.

STU: What evidence do you have of that?

GLENN: I have the film of it. The whole time he was there. We have the -- the whole time he was there.

STU: Yeah. And it doesn't show him doing any of that stuff? Okay. That's good. That's pretty good evidence.

GLENN: No, it doesn't. But anyway, Steve is with us now. Hi, Steve, how are you?

STEVE: And good morning to you too.

GLENN: Thank you. Yeah. So I want to ask you about a couple of things.

First of all, give us an update. Because I understand, that we just broke -- breaking news on the replays. About the three hours. On what was it? Nineteen minutes of the National Guard not coming to the Capitol. Explain the story quickly and then give us the update.

STEVE: Right. I'll give this story as concisely as I can.

We have been really fortunate to come into contact with some very high-ranking officials, not only within Congress, the government. But also the Pentagon. And one of the most recent relationships that I've been able to develop, and get really close to.

Is former Assistant Secretary of the Army. Stacey Ordenski (phonetic), and he was referred to me by a Congressional aide.

And said, I think this guy might talk to you.

And this is a guy that was not only 30 years in the Army, teaches at West Point. Chief economist of the Pentagon.

GLENN: Wow.

STEVE: But managed an 80-billion dollar budget over manpower, as the assistant secretary of the army.

GLENN: Wow.

STEVE: We're not talking about an unqualified --

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

STEVE: Or inexperienced.

GLENN: Low.

STEVE: Not a DEI hire. Let's just say that.

GLENN: Okay.

STEVE: So I've had dozens of calls with him, and then actually been able to meet with him in DC when we both happened to be there at the same time.

And as a result of that, he decided to go on the record with us. And reveal to TheBlaze, that he was on the teleconference call. In fact, they used his system, that day. When the army, or the Pentagon yens. The guys that answered directly to Mark Milley. Who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staffs at the time. These were the four-star. And three-star generals. Were on the conference call. With the National Guard commanders at the same time. Discussing the deployment of the guard.

After Capitol Police chief's son was desperately trying to get them to come town and assist them. They were only blocks away.

GLENN: And they were ready.

STEVE: They were completely ready. And this is what the guard commanders were trying to convey. But the Pentagon pukes. The guys who answer directly to Milley were saying, we're not so sure about the optics of this.

So we originally thought that the phrase, we don't like the optics came from Nancy Pelosi.

And three and a half years ago, the second story I ever wrote about January 6th, was actually entitled, who was up the chain, on January 6th?

And that's where I mentioned the optics quote, and applied that.

Because it came from her sergeant-at-arms of the house, Paul Irving, passed along to her. So we just assumed it was Pelosi.

No. It was passed along from these generals, at the source. At the Pentagon. On this teleconference call, which Stacey -- assistant secretary Stacey Ordenski (phonetic) was on that call, and he laid it all out to us.

GLENN: And this is the first time ever, in the history of the National Guard. That there has been a problem in the -- in Washington.

And they have not gone in to quell it. First time.

STEVE: That's exactly it. And so much detail. Of course, we have the article up just now. Just an article ago. Representative Barry Loudermilk. Who is the chairman of the oversight subcommittee. He dropped a bomb, just an hour ago, while we're getting ready. And preparing for this interview right here.

And he drops a list of transcripts, related to the National Guard deployment. And we've heard, you know, that Trump said that he wanted the guard there.

And we heard Kash Patel say that. And corroborate that. And there's been this back and forth argument.

It's in writing.

GLENN: Oh, my gosh.

STEVE: I want to read one quote. Just one, from General Mark Milley. Former general, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

January 3rd, '21. The president just says, hey, look at this. This is going to be a large amount of protesters, here on the sixth.

Make sure that you have sufficient National Guard or soldiers to make sure, it's a safe event.


GLENN: Oh, my gosh.

STEVE: Trump says, hey. I don't care if you use guard or soldiers.

Act of duty soldiers.

Do whatever you have to do.

Just make sure it's safe.

Boom. Done.

GLENN: Unbelievable. And that's not going to be reported.

STEVE: His campaign has to get on this. Right away.

GLENN: Oh, yeah. Yeah.

All right. Let me -- let me switch gears. And talk to you about gates came out, and said, I don't know if this is verified anywhere.

But Gaetz came out and said, there are now five assassination teams going after the president.

He said, three of them, he believes are foreign. And two of them are domestic.

What do we know about -- have we made progress on either of these investigations?

STEVE: Well, you know Eric Prince. That's his deepest fear. That he will move beyond the lone gunman, or the disaffected man, whatever insane guy from North Carolina. Whatever the case may be. That it will move to a Venezuelan gang. Or it will move to an Iranian --

GLENN: Sure. You've seen. You're seeing how the Secret Service move. You see their weaknesses. You see it all. Why wouldn't you take that shot, if you were Iran?

STEVE: Right. That's what we've been calling on since the first assassination attempt back during July 13th. That the president needs to augment, if not replace his security while he still legally can before the election and bring in his own private security.

GLENN: I agree.

STEVE: Obviously the secret service are not doing their job.

GLENN: I 100 percent agree. 100 percent agree.

So what is the latest on -- the shooter at the golf course? Do you have anything?

STEVE: Yeah. We just released a story this morning.

I did. And you're not going to believe this. So we know about the police standoff that he had with Greensboro Police, and Guilford County, North Carolina, sheriff's department back in 2002.

GLENN: Right. Charged with a weapon of mass destruction. And actually convicted of that. Did he ever go to jail? Prison.

STEVE: Glenn, you're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you.

Before that incident, five months before, he was arrested for being found with multiple explosive devices, was on his own recognizance released at that time, on probation. At the time, he did the -- the three-hour standoff with local police. With the gun. With the alleged automatic rifle.

GLENN: How did he not go to prison?

STEVE: He didn't just not go to prison. While he's -- after going through the legal process.

And being convicted.

And then being released, and being on five years probation. Somehow, he was granted travel, to Costa Rica.

Now, I don't know if you've ever been to Costa Rica or not. But there's only three reasons for going to Costa Rica. Two of them are not good.
(laughter)

GLENN: What are the two reasons that are not good?

I've not been to Costa Rica.

STEVE: Sex trade and money laundering operations.

GLENN: Okay.

STU: The third one, what? It's pretty.

STEVE: Yeah. Pretty. It's great. Great beaches. Great resorts.

GLENN: Okay. Well, if I'm ever in Costa Rica, that's why I'm going. At your recommendation.

And so, but that doesn't make sense.

That's like Jeffrey Epstein kind of stuff.

That everybody knows, but for some reason they let him go. And is this just incompetence? Was this reimagining the police and justice?

Or, no. He's white.

What happened?

STEVE: All right. He is a career criminal.

He has charges going all the way back to when he was in high school.

He's a guy who has had over hundred criminal charges leveled against him.

I think he has 74 arrests.

That's why he was so calm on his arrest last Sunday.

He had that smirk on his face. He was so calm.

Just another day at the office for him. In terms of him being arrested by cops.

He's had multiple felony convictions. He's never spent a day in prison. As a result of that.

GLENN: How?

STEVE: Okay. Well, we interviewed. I interviewed the former conservative sheriff.

Out of North Carolina. Out of the bill Ford county.

And he told me that the county there, Guilford County is traditionally extremely liberal.

And that they would rather release people. And plea them down, rather than go through the process of -- they are government workers. So they would actually have to go to work, if they were to do a trial.

GLENN: Wait a minute. If you have a machine gun. If you have a fully automatic weapon. That's ATF. That's a federal crime.

STEVE: That's exactly what the sheriff said. That crime in particular, should have been referred to the federal authorities.

It should have been adjudicated there. It was not. It was pled down locally to a concealed carry --

GLENN: This is just -- a concealed carry.

He's got a fully automatic weapon.

And he's a criminal.

He shouldn't have had it in the first place. He shouldn't have had a gun.

STEVE: So we are told. That's correct.

Now, the only other thing, if we pull back from the ledge. If I try to pull a Stu right here.

And that's this.

Is that if he is insane, we have another rob.

This is indicative, of why there are so many homeless people on the streets.

Because we have no place to put insane people at him.

And rather than putting this before a judge and be a judge going, the dude is crazy.

We have nowhere to put these people.

GLENN: Is he crazy?

STEVE: Some say that he is. And when we have testimony now.

We have this nurse, coincidentally from west Palm Beach. That was over in Ukraine.

With Ryan Ralph. Who was saying, that he was a nut. When he was over there.

That he was a constant problem.

GLENN: She's the one that reported him, when she got back here. Right?

STEVE: Right. Now, when she gave that report, I sent that report. That Wall Street Journal article, over to awful our sources in the intelligence community.

All of our sources. Special Ops community.

All of our sources, in former -- all of our former FBI guys.

To a man, everyone responded, BS. She's a CHS. This was --

GLENN: Which HS.

STEVE: Confidential human source. And that this is just a disinformation article.

This is not me saying this. This is the response I got from every one of them.

Including the guys you know. Like Steve Friend. In the interview.

GLENN: Okay.

Just keep on these stories, Steve. I really appreciate it.

And keep us updated. God bless. That's Steve Baker, investigative journalist. Blaze Media correspondent. Both of those stories are available right now at Theblaze.com.