Trump acting Defense Secretary Miller says he 'did not' authorize Milley China calls,

[Earl]

Trump acting Defense Secretary Miller says he 'did not' authorize Milley China calls, says he should resign
Christopher Miller called the reported calls an 'unprecedented act of insubordination'
Brooke Singman
By Brooke Singman | Fox News



Kayleigh McEnany: Gen. Milley 'aided and abetted' the enemy if he back-channeled China

'Outnumbered' co-host reacts to reports Gen. Milley sought to undermined former President Trump on 'Fox News Primetime'

EXCLUSIVE: Former acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, who led the Pentagon from the period after the 2020 election through Inauguration Day, said that he "did not and would not ever authorize" Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley to have "secret" calls with his Chinese counterpart, describing the allegations as a "disgraceful and unprecedented act of insubordination," and calling on him to resign "immediately."

In a statement to Fox News, Miller said that the United States Armed Forces, from its inception, has "operated under the inviolable principle of civilian control of the military."

"The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the highest-ranking military officer whose sole role is providing military-specific advice to the president, and by law is prohibited from exercising executive authority to command forces," Miller said. "The chain of command runs from the President to the Secretary of Defense, not through the Chairman."

Miller went on to reference the allegations, which are included in the book "Peril," co-written by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, that Milley made two secret phone calls, both to his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army. The book alleges that the phone calls took place prior to the 2020 presidential election, on Oct. 30, 2020, and then two days after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, on Jan. 8, 2021.

The book claims Milley contacted Li after he had reviewed intelligence that suggested Chinese officials believed the United States was planning an attack on China amid military exercises in the South China Sea. The authors of the book also claim Milley contacted Li a second time to reassure him that the U.S. would not make any type of advances or attack China in any form, as Milley promised, "We are 100% steady. Everything’s fine. But democracy can be sloppy sometimes."

But Fox News spoke with multiple individuals who were in the room during the two phone calls Milley had with Li. The calls, in October, were coordinated with then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper’s office.

"They were not secret," a U.S. official told Fox News about the calls, which took place over video teleconference.

Fox News has learned there were about 15 people present for the calls. Sources told Fox News that there were multiple notetakers present, and said the calls were both conducted with full knowledge of then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper and then-acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller – something Miller denied.

"If the reporting in Woodward’s book is accurate, it represents a disgraceful and unprecedented act of insubordination by the Nation’s top military officer," Miller said, adding that if the story of Milley’s "histrionic outbursts and unsanctioned, anti-Constitutional involvement in foreign policy prove true, he must resign immediately or be fired by the Secretary of Defense to guarantee the sanctity of the officer corps."

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[Earl]

Trump acting Defense Secretary Miller says he 'did not' authorize Milley China calls, says he should resign.

I agree. The general went rogue.

[Earl]

The general should face a court-martial.

[Nordberg]

Milley was acting as a patriot.

[Darth Omar]

Milley committed a crime, pure and simple. We are either a nation of laws or we aren’t.

And the answer becomes more apparent all the time.

[Getin the ring]

this Milley character doesn't look much like a soldier much less a general does he?

where do we find these clowns.

He is finished by the way, this will sink him

[Earl]

this Milley character doesn't look much like a soldier much less a general does he?

where do we find these clowns.

He is finished by the way, this will sink him

Indeed.

He will be extremely lucky if he does not get sent to Fort Leavenworth.

[Darth Omar]

this Milley character doesn't look much like a soldier much less a general does he?

where do we find these clowns.

He is finished by the way, this will sink him

Don’t count on it.

The real story here is the back channeling. How many of these clowns were ‘texting on the sly with Chinese communists’ under Trump and even now under Biden? It’s like the chain of command no longer exists—or well it exists, so long as voters choose ‘the right person’ for the office. More people need to wake up to this bullshit because it’s a real problem.

What if China thought ‘wow, this would be a really nifty time to move on Taiwan’ since Trump is CIC in name only. Think about that. Not only is it illegal AF it’s dangerous. But nothing will happen, the media will move on to the ‘white supremacist threat’ or some similar nonsense to keep the Lemmings distracted.

[Earl]

Haley slams Milley: You shouldn’t have China’s back, you should have your president’s

[Earl]

Milley faces growing calls to resign over call with China

Sep. 16, 2021 - 7:12 - 'Outnumbered' panel question the purpose of General Milley's phone call with China if not to undermine President Trump's authority.


https://video.foxnews.com/v/6272852284001#sp=show-clips

[Earl]

https://video.foxnews.com/v/6272852284001#sp=show-clips

Resign...hell no, he should face a court-martial.

[Earl]

If a colonel went behind a general's back and had communications that the general didn't authorize, that general would be pretty upset and would likely have that colonel demoted and possibly dishonorably discharged. So, it makes sense the the general's superior should treat the general in exactly the same way. Milley should be dishonorably discharged and lose any pension or other compensation he normally would have had.