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One of the people who raised concerns about

I believe this is more attributable to Piatt than Flynn
It is true that both were in the room on the call

optics wasnt even in the chain of command -

In fact they were in the chain of command.
One of the problems was the layers the Chief had to go thru to get approval.
I watched the original hearings in early 2021.
There are more articles on this from J6 committee in July 2022.
Testimony from Maj. Gen. William J. Walker, who was the commander of the D.C. Guard, reiterated that the response from the Guard on Jan. 6 had been delayed because of concerns from higher-ups over “the optics” of the army’s involvement.
The reason it took three hours and 19 minutes to get approval for the Guard to help protect the Capitol, he said, was that “somebody or somebodies were willfully, deliberately delaying making the decision.” He added, “I think it would have been a vastly different response if those were African Americans trying to breach the Capitol.” >

One of the people who raised concerns about optics wasnt even in the chain of command - Charles Flynn (brother of Michael Flynn).