![]() ![]() Protesters gather on in New York City to protest the death of George Floyd He said it was confirmed by multiple senior administration officials. Milley had yelled at me, I would have fired him.' Bender says he presented Trump with a written question about the incident during and that Trump didn't respond. Michael Bender never asked me about it and it's totally fake news.' Milley, but I never had an argument with him and the whole thing is false. Trump furiously denied the account, with the former president telling Axios through an aide: 'This is totally fake news, it never ever happened. The reported blowup took place in the White House Situation Room, and was also attended by former Attorney General Bill Barr and former Defense Secretary Mark Esper. And it comes following reports that top Trump administration officials drafted a proclamation that would invoke the Insurrection Act, an 1807 law that would call up the military amid the domestic unrest and allow Trump to call up active-duty troops to be deployed in Washington, D.C. The account follows a previous excerpt that recounts Trump telling Milley to 'crack skulls' and 'beat the f- out' of protesters who took to the streets following the death of George Floyd. Will someone inform him of my legal responsibilities?' Milley said – in comments he made to others, according to Bender. cities, sometimes clashing with law enforcement. That led to pronouncements about the legal role of the military in domestic affairs at a time when protesters were breaking out throughout U.S. Published: 15:15 GMT, 28 June 2021 | Updated: 19:50 GMT, 28 June 2021įormer President Donald Trump and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Mark Milley got into a shouting match after Trump told Milley to take charge of a protest crackdown effort, according to a new book ![]() Political Editor and Adam Schrader For Dailymail.Com Trump never invoked the act and denied that he had wanted to deploy active-duty troops in a statement to The New York Timesīy Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. ![]()
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