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1/ Here's an article from December 24,2020 that has nothing to do with anything else I've posted today and also references to the article I posted earlier... https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-donald-trumps-martial-law-talk-has-military-red-alert-1557056
2/ Here are some highlights:
"Pentagon and Washington-area military leaders are on red alert, wary of what President Donald Trump might do in his remaining days in office. Though far-fetched, ranking officers have discussed what they would do if the president declared martial law
"Pentagon and Washington-area military leaders are on red alert, wary of what President Donald Trump might do in his remaining days in office. Though far-fetched, ranking officers have discussed what they would do if the president declared martial law
3/ And military commands responsible for Washington DC are engaged in secret contingency planning in case the armed forces are called upon to maintain or restore civil order during the inauguration and transition period.
4/ According to one officer who spoke to Newsweek on condition of anonymity, the planning is being kept out of sight of the White House and Trump loyalists in the Pentagon for fear that it would be shut down."
5/ "But officials willing to speak about the martial law discussions, and to speculate about the president's state of mind, are quick to point out that in March the president said he had "the right to do a lot of things that people don't even know about."
6/ That statement came a day before the president declared a COVID-19 national emergency on March 13, a state that continues to this day as specified in three laws—the Public Health Service Act, the Stafford Act, and the National Emergencies Act."
7/ The Public Health Service Act:
8/ The National Emergencies Act:
9/ "The president is not a lawyer and he doesn't pay attention to details, but he is also fascinated with the secret levers of the presidency that are available to him," says a former national security council staffer who spoke off the record ...
10/ "Contained in the various packages briefed in the Oval Office during the early months of COVID-19, he says, were discussions of so-called Presidential Emergency Action Documents."
These are referred to as PEADS.
These are referred to as PEADS.
11/ More about PEADS:
12/ The article continues discussing the concerns surrounding the invocation of martial law. However, we know, that since we are under a state of National Emergency, under the Stafford Act and FEMA, there would be no need to take such an action.
