Talk of martial law, Insurrection Act draws notice of Jan. 6 committee

[BidenPresident]

Three days before Joe Biden’s inauguration, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene texted White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. She told him that some Republican members of Congress believed the only path for President Donald Trump to change the outcome of the 2020 election and stay in power was for him to declare martial law.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...nsurrection-act-draws-notice-jan-6-committee/

 

[BidenPresident]

"The text from Greene (R-Ga.), revealed this week, brought to the fore the chorus of Republicans who were publicly and privately advocating for Trump to try to use the military and defense apparatus of the U.S. government to strong-arm his way past an electoral defeat. Now, discussions involving the Trump White House about using emergency powers have become an important — but little-known — part of the House Jan. 6 committee’s investigation of the 2021 attack on the Capitol."

 

[BidenPresident]

Interviews with committee members and a review of the panel’s information requests reveals a focus on emergency powers that were being considered by Trump and his allies in several categories: invoking the Insurrection Act, declaring martial law, using presidential powers to justify seizing assets of voting-machine companies, and using the military to require a rerun of the election.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...nsurrection-act-draws-notice-jan-6-committee/

 

[Matt Dillon]

Interviews with committee members and a review of the panel’s information requests reveals a focus on emergency powers that were being considered by Trump and his allies in several categories: invoking the Insurrection Act, declaring martial law, using presidential powers to justify seizing assets of voting-machine companies, and using the military to require a rerun of the election.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...nsurrection-act-draws-notice-jan-6-committee/

Yet he did not do that.

Perhaps that should have have been done. However this is 2022 and it's water under the bridge now and there are currently more pressing issues.

 

[Concart]

Yet he did not do that.

Perhaps that should have have been done. However this is 2022 and it's water under the bridge now and there are currently more pressing issues.

There is not a single issue more pressing than ridding the country of traitors. You know, like you.