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Can Milley Be Courtmartialed Under Military Law Despite The Federal Pardon?

Posted on 01/20/2025 6:35:23 AM PST by Be Careful

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1 posted on 01/20/2025 6:35:23 AM PST by Be Careful
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To: Be Careful

A Military Court is a federal court so the traitor may be in the clear


2 posted on 01/20/2025 6:37:23 AM PST by fightin kentuckian
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To: Be Careful

I would love to see Millie Vanilli and the Ukranian Vindman Brothers Flying Circus all court martialed for their efforts to bring down the elected president of the United States. Commie bass turds.


3 posted on 01/20/2025 6:37:56 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Joe Pedophile's deal with the devil is finally coming to an end. Thank you Lord. Amen.)
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Biden is the Commander in Chief and superior to any court marshal


4 posted on 01/20/2025 6:37:58 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Where is ZORRO when California so desperately needs him?)
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You can’t pardon people for crimes they haven’t been charged with.


5 posted on 01/20/2025 6:39:27 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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As I’m thinking about it, a pardon doesn’t mean you can’t be prosecuted. It just means that whatever sentence you receive is removed. They could absolutely have a court-martial against him. And, I would think, they could imprison him while the trial is pending and during the trial.

And the trial could conceivably last a long, long time...


6 posted on 01/20/2025 6:39:30 AM PST by butterdezillion
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A Military Court is a federal court so the traitor may be in the clear

If I remember my Civics classes from decades ago, “treason” is the only crime listed in the Constitution that can not be pardoned.

Having said that, treason has a high standard to prove.


7 posted on 01/20/2025 6:39:58 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I’ll take a wait and see...)
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"Having said that, treason has a high standard to prove."

Except when one admits it.

8 posted on 01/20/2025 6:42:15 AM PST by mosaicwolf
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To: Be Careful

I’m not sure, but I think I read that pardons can not be issued for treason or high crimes and misdemeanors?


9 posted on 01/20/2025 6:43:03 AM PST by Bob434
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Exactly what would you convict him for?

His job included making the military combat ready.

A reasonable man at the time could have thought Covid vaccination was proper. An enemy might be able to place Covid patients where wind would blow virus particles into the noses of our military personnel.


10 posted on 01/20/2025 6:43:06 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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...and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.


11 posted on 01/20/2025 6:43:48 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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I forgot that! But they just might be able to pin that one on him.


12 posted on 01/20/2025 6:43:56 AM PST by mairdie
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With Milley’s pledges to tell China what Trump is up to, his security clearances, etc it would be very, very easy to get a military judge to accept that he needs to be imprisoned during the court-martial due to national security concerns.

And the same thing with Fauci et al - especially since it seems the war crime of “gain of function research” on the taxpayers’ dime is still going on, and the entire system seems set to do the whole thing all over again. Fauci is a national security (and world security) risk and must be imprisoned during his trial. Again, a pardon doesn’t remove the ability of government to prosecute crimes the person has committed.


13 posted on 01/20/2025 6:44:10 AM PST by butterdezillion
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....and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.


14 posted on 01/20/2025 6:44:25 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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No, treason can be pardoned. Only impeachment can’t be pardoned. See https://www.usconstitution.net/presidential-pardon-limits/


15 posted on 01/20/2025 6:44:53 AM PST by butterdezillion
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To: Bob434

...and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.


16 posted on 01/20/2025 6:45:00 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: mairdie

...and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.


17 posted on 01/20/2025 6:45:16 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Brian Griffin

Refusal of a direct order by the president. He admitted he ignored his order to get the national guard to dc.


18 posted on 01/20/2025 6:45:18 AM PST by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: Brian Griffin

He personally and without any evidence removed Commander-in-Chief Trump from the chain of command on J6 and refused to restore order at the Capitol.

He swore to tell China what Trump was up to militarily.


19 posted on 01/20/2025 6:46:58 AM PST by butterdezillion
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Not sure that’s right. A military court operates under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Maybe some legal types on FR can opine on this...


20 posted on 01/20/2025 6:47:26 AM PST by Starboard
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