US Attorney General denies Trump wanted 10,000 troops to quell unrest

The United States of America, Attorney General William Barr on Sunday denied that President Donald Trump wanted 10,000 active duty troops sent onto the country's streets to quell the protests.

Barr, in an interview with CBS's "Face the Nation," pushed back on reports by several news organizations that the president initially made the demand before backing down after resistance by Barr and other administration officials.

The country's Attorney submitted that in a meeting on Monday, Trump didn't order or suggest the deployment of troops.

Ultimately, members of the 82nd Airborne Division were put on standby to enter Washington but weren't deployed. Barr said he and other officials only wanted to use the troops if conditions in Washington got worse.

One of the best known U.S. military units, the 82nd Airborne is an infantry division that specializes in parachute assault operations, typically in crisis situations, and is deployable anywhere in the world on very short notice.

"I think our position was common, which was that they should only be deployed if as a last resort, and that we didn't think we would need them.

(CGTN)