MIKE FLYNN, INFECTED BY HIS CRACKPOT ATTORNEY, PUT-DOWN BY ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF

Army chief of staff slaps down pardoned general Mike Flynn's demand for martial law saying 'There is no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election'

 

Daily Mail

December 18, 2020

 

The Army chief of staff was forced to issue a statement Friday stating the military has 'no role' in determining U.S. elections after Mike Flynn, a close former aide to President Trump, demanded martial law.

Flynn downplayed the importance of using military power to oversee political change, and in an interview called for using military 'capabilities' to oversee a rerun of the election in states Trump lost.  

On Friday Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville responded with a statement asserting the military's long-held position against involving in U.S. political decisions.

'There is no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election,' they said.

Civilian control of the military is a key tenet of the U.S. Constitution, and a distinguishing characteristic of democracies compared to military dictatorships.

Flynn issued his call in an interview on Newsmax, a Trump-friendly network. He echoed election conspiracy theories put forward by his lawyer, Sidney Powell, who has filed 'Kraken' lawsuits in battleground states seeking to overturn the election. Those suits have racked up dozens of losses in court.