A new report claims that President Joe Biden and senior White House officials are considering a preemptive pardon for retired Gen. Mark Milley, who previously served as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
According to The Washington Post, White House officials are considering a preemptive pardon for Milley ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s upcoming inauguration amid concerns that the Trump administration will take action against the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The New York Post reported that Milley faced backlash during Biden’s first year in the White House after a report was published that revealed Milley had engaged in secret phone calls with a top Chinese official prior to the 2020 presidential election between Trump and Biden and after the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
During a congressional hearing in September of 2021, Milley admitted that he called Chinese General Li Zuocheng and assured him that he would personally warn the U.S. adversary if the United States decided to attack China. The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff claimed that he called the Chinese general because U.S. intelligence indicated that China was concerned about a potential U.S. strike under the Trump administration.
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Following reports of Milley’s secret phone calls with a top Chinese military official, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) urged Biden to “immediately dismiss” the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Florida senator, who has been nominated to serve as secretary of state under the second Trump administration, argued that Milley “worked to actively undermine the sitting Commander in Chief.”
In a post on Truth Social, Trump described Milley as “a Woke train wreck” and claimed that his actions were “so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH.” At the time, Trump added, “A war between China and the United States could have been the result of this treasonous act.”
In addition to Milley’s secret phone calls with China, Milley also described Trump as “fascist to the core” and labeled him “the most dangerous person to this country” in a book recently released by Bob Woodward, an associate editor for The Washington Post.
Last week, reports circulated that Biden was considering preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci, who previously led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Sen.-elect Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and former Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney.
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Source: American Military News Rephrased By: Trump Knows