by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings,” according to U.S. makes it impracticable to enforce the laws of the U.S. One exception to Posse Comitatus, however, is the Insurrection Act, which allows the use of active-duty or National Guard troops for federal law enforcement in cases when “rebellion against the authority of the U.S. However, National Guard units, which take their direction from state governors, are exempt from the Posse Comitatus Act. That act prevents troops from enforcing domestic law, preventing such actions as searching and seizing property or dispersing crowds. Though initially it only applied to the Army, it has been amended to include the Defense Department and, of course, the other service branches. The Posse Comitatus Act, passed on June 18, 1878, prevented federal troops from supervising Confederate state elections during Reconstruction. “GREATEST ELECTION FRAUD IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY!!!” he wrote in the post, which was flagged by Twitter over its “disputed” veracity.Martial law does have limits. The Democratic Biden’s victory was affirmed by the Electoral College last week.Įarly Sunday, Trump fired off another tweet repeating the claim that he was cheated. Michael Flynn - Trump’s former national security advisor, pardoned by the president last month - reportedly urged Trump to institute martial law and “rerun” the election under the military’s watch.ĭuring the Friday meeting, the Times report claimed Trump asked about that idea.įlynn was present during the Friday meeting, as was his lawyer, Sidney Powell, one of the most outspoken proponents of claims that President-elect Joe Biden’s victory was illegitimate, the report said. In a Newsmax appearance earlier in the week, retired Lt. The president was apparently referring to a New York Times report about a White House huddle on the 2020 presidential election, which he has repeatedly claimed was rigged against him.
“Martial law = Fake News,” Trump tweeted on Saturday. Michael Flynn to impose martial law during a recent White House meeting. President Trump blasted as “fake news” a report that he inquired about an idea from retired Lt. GOP lawmakers say FBI was ‘weaponized’ against Trump in light of Durham probe findingsĬNN reporter ‘does not intend to resign’ after boss Chris Licht ripped his Trump coverage Mike Pence allies launching super PAC to back his possible 2024 White House bidġ.5M ‘gotaways’ have slipped into the US under Biden - three times as many as during 3 years of Trump
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