"I don't recall, I don't recall," Greene replied. Trump Illegally Threatens America With Martial Law Trump illegally threatened to deploy the US military to American cities if the nation’s governors don’t activate the National Guard and end the. "Prior to the inauguration in 2021, did you advocate for martial law with the president of the United States?" Greene had been asked during that hearing by attorney Andrew Celli. Over nearly four hours of testimony, Greene said repeatedly she could not recall specifics about the events and planning surrounding that day. On Friday, Greene testified under oath in a long shot legal challenge to disqualify her from running for a second term due to her alleged involvement in the Capitol riot. If Trump had taken that step, Giuliani reportedly told an associate, 'we would all. 6.Ī spokesman for the select committee declined CNBC's request to verify the texts reported by CNN. Rudy Giuliani said if Trump had imposed martial law to stay in power, they would end up behind bars, NYT reported. This trend to grant the President more statutory authorization to regularly involve the military in civilian law enforcement and disaster relief roles creates. Martial law involves the temporary substitution of military authority for civilian rule and is usually invoked in time of war, rebellion, or natural disaster. James McConville quickly issued a statement that disavowed Flynn and the use of martial law. However, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Army Chief of Staff Gen. In a recent filing in that civil case, the committee shared a transcript from an interview with an ex-Trump aide who said Meadows had been warned ahead of time about the potential for violence on Jan. Michael Flynn was flown to the White House to discuss his suggestion that President Trump could impose martial law and deploy the military to re-run the election. Meadows had shared those messages in late 2021 with the House select committee investigating the Capitol riot, but then stopped cooperating and is now suing to quash two of the panel's subpoenas. The texts show Meadows' communications with dozens of Republican lawmakers, as well as other White House officials and several of Trump's adult children. She also asked Meadows for a follow-up meeting with Rudy Giuliani, Trump's former lawyer who had contributed to failed efforts to overturn Biden's victories in key swing states.ĬNN said it obtained Greene's texts as part of a trove of 2,319 texts that were sent to and from Meadows between Election Day 2020 and Biden's inauguration two months later. 6: "We have to get organized for the 6th," she wrote.
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Greene reached out to Meadows in a December 2020 text published by CNN for advice about how to prepare for objections to certifying the election on Jan. Elections experts, politicians from both parties and even Trump's own attorney general have all denied Trump's claims that the election outcome was affected by widespread voter fraud.
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