Biden White House considering pre-emptive pardon for retired Gen. Mark Milley who made secret phone calls to China: report

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Posted on 12/06/2024 12:58:06 AM PST by Libloather

Senior White House officials are reportedly considering issuing retired Gen. Mark Milley a pre-emptive pardon over fears that President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration will go after the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The potential pardon for Milley, who was the nation’s highest-ranking military officer for part of Trump’s first term, was reported by the Washington Post Thursday.

Milley, 66, faced intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill during President Biden’s first year in office after journalist Bob Woodward revealed that the Pentagon official placed secret phone calls to a top Chinese official before the 2020 election and after the Jan. 6. 2021, riot at the US Capitol.

During a September 2021 congressional grilling, Milley admitted to calling Gen. Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army to tell him that he would personally warn China in the event of a US attack during Trump’s waning days in office.

Milley claimed he placed the phone call because US intelligence showed China was worried about an impending strike and he wanted to allay the US adversary’s fears.

In response to the phone calls, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. – Trump’s pick to lead the State Department – urged Biden to fire Milley, arguing that he worked to “actively undermine the sitting Commander in Chief.”

Trump later wrote on Truth Social that Milley’s backchannel communications amounted to a “treasonous act … so egregious that, in times gone by, the punishment would have been DEATH!”

The president-elect has also said that Milley never informed him about his calls to China.

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Did Mark take the chicom bribes just like Pedo Pete? All these pardons for zero crimes. Fascinating.

1 posted on 12/06/2024 12:58:06 AM PST by Libloather

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3 posted on 12/06/2024 1:10:22 AM PST by personalaccts (Is George W going to protect the border?)

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