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Trump Calls For General Milley To Be Court Martialed After Reports In Book Say He Believed Trump Wanted Coup
Conservative Brief ^ | July 17, 2021 | Carmine Sabia

Posted on 07/17/2021 10:15:23 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Donald Trump is fuming after reports of a new book that says current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley believed Trump wanted to stage a coup to stay in power.

Two Washington Post journalists, Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, in their book, “I Alone Can Fix It,” alleged that Miley believed Trump would attempt to remain in power after the election via a coup.

Trump sent a message to his supporters via his Save America Pac in which he called for Miley to be court martialed.

“Despite the fact that the 2020 Presidential Election was Rigged and Stolen, and while numerous people, including the outside public, were saying we should bring in the Military, I never even gave it a thought. The writings within these third-rate books are Fake News, and ‘General’ Milley (who [former Defense Secretary James] Mattis wanted to send to Europe in order to get rid of him), if he said what was reported, perhaps should be impeached, or court-martialed and tried,” he said in the email.

“So, there was no talk of a coup, there was no coup, it all never happened, and it’s just a waste of words by fake writers and a General who didn’t have a clue,” he said.

Of course, generals, like any member of the military, cannot be impeached. Impeachment is limited to those who are president, vice president and civil officers.

And while a general can be court martialed it is exceedingly rare. The book alleges that Gen. Milley was preparing for a showdown with the president, CNN reported.

The book recounts how for the first time in modern US history the nation’s top military officer, whose role is to advise the president, was preparing for a showdown with the commander in chief because he feared...

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1 posted on 07/17/2021 10:15:23 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He is walking into their trap.


2 posted on 07/17/2021 10:16:34 AM PDT by Hildy (In an unforgiving world, only the shameless survive.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

UCMJ article 133 at a minimum.


3 posted on 07/17/2021 10:17:38 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: Hildy
He is walking into their trap.

"Trump really stepped in it this time! It's all over for him now!" #263,453,329

4 posted on 07/17/2021 10:18:08 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“A courts martial is a legal proceeding for military members that is similar to a civilian court trial. It is usually reserved for serious criminal offenses like felonies. For less serious criminal offenses or breaches of military decorum and regulations, a Non-Judicial Punishment (NJP) is usually held.”

I’m thinking NJP. But, Trump knows how to get clicks and that’s probably the goal here.


5 posted on 07/17/2021 10:18:22 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This general seems to think the U.S. is a banana republic and he is generalissimo.

He should be Court Martialed.


6 posted on 07/17/2021 10:18:28 AM PDT by ifinnegan ( Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If Trump really wanted a coup - we would still be in the Capital building


7 posted on 07/17/2021 10:22:29 AM PDT by Tadhg
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Unfit for duty and a total disgrace to the military


8 posted on 07/17/2021 10:22:43 AM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Thoroughly Modern Milley spouting his BLM and CRT BS. He should be court martialed.


9 posted on 07/17/2021 10:23:12 AM PDT by euram
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I wonder if he regrets giving them the interview tome for the book??


10 posted on 07/17/2021 10:24:27 AM PDT by americas.best.days... ( Donald John Trump has pulled the sword from the stone.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

11 posted on 07/17/2021 10:25:28 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He can call for it all he’d like. That doesn’t mean it’s going to happen. If anything, the likeliness that General Milley will face any consequences for his “crime” is exceedingly low.


12 posted on 07/17/2021 10:25:46 AM PDT by DollarStoreGandalf
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To: Gen.Blather

No batch of US military globalist officers would convict him.
But Milley is a traitor and a coward. A coward for putting his finger to the wind and deciding to be popular.


13 posted on 07/17/2021 10:26:04 AM PDT by DesertRhino (A coup government may not claim the protection of the same constitution it overthrew. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Milley: Give me a hand grenade, grunt, and I’ll tackle that pillbox.

Grunt: Oh general, you better not because those pills make you go crazy. Besides, you’ll miss the big gala with Joe and Jill Biden.

Milley: You’re right soldier, pass me my neatly pressed ceremonial uniform.

Grunt: The ones with the gold lapels and the medal you got for helping Castro and Cuba?

Milley: Yes, and make sure I have the decorations from the North Korean and Chinese people on it.

Grunt: You are one of the most decorated soldiers out there.

Milley: Well, those North Korean generals still have more decorations than I do. So I have to butter up Joe a bit more.

Grunt: How are you going to do that?

Milley: Well, I shine his shoes and pick up after him at high level meetings. And I dance to Tommy James and the Shondells when his wife is around.

Grunt: Do you do a striptease act for her?

Milley: Yeah, kinda. She has a pole for me to swing on and I put on a costume with high heels.

Grunt: Don’t your feet hurt afterwards?

Milley: Yeah, but it’s worth it. What I do for this country, eh!

Grunt: They should give you another medal!

Milley: Two medals!!!


14 posted on 07/17/2021 10:27:40 AM PDT by BEJ
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To: DesertRhino

“No batch of US military globalist officers would convict him.
But Milley is a traitor and a coward. A coward for putting his finger to the wind and deciding to be popular.”

Can’t agree more. But Court’s Marshal is not what you can bring him to for the aforementioned events.


15 posted on 07/17/2021 10:28:45 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud? )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

There was a coup. The result was a senile old crook being installed as President.


16 posted on 07/17/2021 10:28:49 AM PDT by cdcdawg (It's all so tiresome.)
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To: NWFree

He is fat too! Look at the lard on his fat neck. That tailored uniform cannot hide it.


17 posted on 07/17/2021 10:29:44 AM PDT by forgotten man
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Milley is really, really stupid.

No wonder we failed in Iraq and Afghanistan with guys like him running the show.

18 posted on 07/17/2021 10:35:33 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Article 88 - Contempt Toward Public Officials: “Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.”

An officer saying the President of the United States, without any evidence, is planning a coup is more than a little contemptuous, no?

19 posted on 07/17/2021 10:37:39 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! ("You, the American people, are my only special interest." --President Donald J. Trump)
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To: euram
Thoroughly Modern Milley spouting his BLM and CRT BS. He should be court martialed.

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bwaaahahah natiled it.

20 posted on 07/17/2021 10:40:51 AM PDT by thinden ( )
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