Republicans Look Forward to Grilling General Mark Milley on Undermining Trump, Wokeness, AfghanistanKristina Wong 15 Sep 2022
Republicans are gearing up to grill Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley on myriad questions they have, despite the general’s claims that he has answered “every single question” they have already.
In a recent NBC News report on GOP plans to put him on the hot seat on a number of issues, Milley’s spokesman Army Col. Dave Butler claimed Milley has not been contacted by any member of Congress about any pending testimony or new questions, saying “he considers it his responsibility to keep our lawmakers informed.”
Butler added to NBC News: “The chairman has answered every single question by any member of Congress either in person or in writing. … He has answered hundreds of written questions, he’s testified dozens of times in closed, classified sessions, and publicly. He has never refused a request from Congress to testify.”
Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks (R-IN) said that is an “obviously false statement.”
“This isn’t the first time we’ve seen an outlandish and obviously false statement in a media outlet from General Milley. He still hasn’t answered questions Senator [Chuck] Grassley and I sent him 5 months ago about his alleged violation of the chain of command,” he said in a statement to Breitbart News.
“Fortunately, Gen. Milley won’t be able to stonewall House Republicans when we’re in the majority and I look forward to questioning him under oath soon at a House Armed Services hearing,” he added.
Banks and Grassley have tried for months to get a response from Milley about stunning allegations in the book Peril published late last year, including that after January 6, 2021, he had military officers swear not to take then-President Donald Trump’s orders without checking with him first, and that he had reassured his Chinese counterpart that he would notify him ahead of time if the U.S. were to attack China.
They said Milley has said his actions were on the “up and up” and promised he would read the book and report back to them on whether the allegations in the book were accurate, but still has not done so. Grassley said he has even sent handwritten notes to Milley, to which Milley responded with a 10-page letter that ignored his questions. Grassley said Milley later claimed there were no “direct” questions.
“I think I can legitimately ask, ‘Is that Pentagon baloney, or what is it,” Grassley said in a Senate floor speech in July, when he called on Milley to respond to his questions.
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