The U.S. Army secretary says he was not asked for National Guard troops to protect the U.S. Capitol ahead of the mob storming into the complex and ransacking lawmaker’s offices on Wednesday. "We were not pre-coordinated or asked for support by the Capitol Police," Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told a small group of reporters at the Pentagon Friday morning. "The Capitol Hill Police has the responsibility and the jurisdiction.They are a separate branch of government," McCarthy said. "They have to ask and request the support." As late as Sunday, Jan.
3, "They said they didn’t need any support," McCarthy said. At 3:04 pm Wednesday with an angry mob laying siege at the U.S.
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