Should Gen. Milley Be in Jail? The Facts Behind the Milley ‘Treason’ Scandal
Mil & Intel
By Maggie BenZvi | September 16, 2021
Explosive but anecdotal claims about Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley in a new book by two Washington journalists have prompted calls from Republican lawmakers for his resignation, court-martial, and even being charged with treason. But what, exactly, is Milley accused of doing? And would those accusations constitute a breach of law or custom?
The question digs at the heart of America’s fundamental commitment to civilian control over its military.
The book Peril, by longtime DC journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, will be released Tuesday, Sept. 21. Excerpts released by The Washington Post, where both authors work, outline a number of actions Milley took both before the 2020 presidential election and in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the Capitol. In several phone calls, briefings, and other anecdotes, Milley appears to have exerted specific demands on members of the national security team, including his own staff, that could be construed as beyond his authority, and even usurping that of the president.
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