All 10 living former Defense Secretaries deliver extraordinary warning to Trump in scathing op-ed
All 10 living former Defense Secretaries deliver extraordinary warning to Trump in scathing op-ed denouncing the prospect of military involvement in election dispute as ‘dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional’
- All former US Defense Secretaries signed their name on the op-ed, which was published in The Washington Post on MondayÂ
- The group consisted of both Democrats and Republicans; Mark Esper and James Mattis, who both worked under Trump, notably put their names to the op-ed Â
- The piece comes amid calls from some of the President’s allies to bring in the military in a last minute bid to block Joe Biden from taking the White House
- Trump has been disputing the results of the election citing widespread fraud; his legal team have not been able to produce any such evidence Â
All 10 living former Defense Secretaries have delivered an extraordinary warning to President Trump in an op-ed denouncing the possibility of military involvement in the current election dispute.Â
The piece was published in The Washington Post on Monday, following calls from the Trump’s allies to bring in the military in a bid to block Joe Biden from becoming the next Commander-in-chief.Â
The 10 Defense Secretaries, who are both Republican and Democrat, did not mention Trump’s name in the piece, but clearly intended for the President to heed their message.Â
‘Our elections have occurred. Recounts and audits have been conducted. Appropriate challenges have been addressed by the courts. Governors have certified the results. And the electoral college has voted. The time for questioning the results has passed,’ the group wrote.Â
Efforts to involve the U.S. armed forces in resolving election disputes would take us into dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional territory.Â
The 10 living former Defense Secretaries were listed as alphabetically as the authors of the piece.Â
They are Ashton Carter Dick Cheney, William Cohen, Mark Esper, Robert Gates, Chuck Hagel, James Mattis, Leon Panetta, William Perry and Donald Rumsfeld.Â
All 10 living former Defense Secretaries have delivered an extraordinary warning to President Trump in a joint op-ed in which they denounced the possibility of military involvement in the current election dispute. The Pentagon is picturedÂ
