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Didn't Whinny Donny quickly appoint some just weeks before his term ended? (Original Post) question everything Jul 2021 OP
Those were in the Pentagon in preparation for Jan 6th... Wounded Bear Jul 2021 #1
Yup - and where are the indictments for that? lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #3
The big one Donny appointed was Christopher Miller as acting head of the DoD about 10 days after ... Botany Jul 2021 #2
This chia Jul 2021 #4
Now how did Mr. Miller know about a riot 2 days before 1/6/21? Botany Jul 2021 #6
I knew it as soon as I saw Trump's invitation to come to DC "It's gonna get wild!" Midnight Writer Jul 2021 #7
Donald Trump: Botany Jul 2021 #8
He appointed many to boards, or tried to, in some cases muriel_volestrangler Jul 2021 #5

Botany

(70,291 posts)
2. The big one Donny appointed was Christopher Miller as acting head of the DoD about 10 days after ...
Tue Jul 13, 2021, 09:58 AM
Jul 2021

... election and he gave a stand down order to the D.C. National Guard 2 days before 1/6/21.
Before that the D.C. National Guard had the authority to respond to any problems that threatened
the District's people, buildings, or Federal Govt.

Botany

(70,291 posts)
8. Donald Trump:
Tue Jul 13, 2021, 01:48 PM
Jul 2021

Gave out the day, the date, the time, and the place >10 different invitations

Decapitated the D.C. National Guard prior to 1/6/21

Helped to pay for this "stop the steal rally" with campaign funds

Had the niece of his chief of staff fill out the permits for the rally

had a pre riot/violent coup pep talk to his pro trump thugs

refused to call of his thugs despite calls from Mike Pence and Rep McCarthy asking him to do just that

told the Sec. of State of Georgia he needed some help w/"the votes" in Georgia because big things are gonna
happen on 1/6/21

and after all the bloodshed, death, violence, law breaking, and destruction he told his thugs that "he loved 'em
and was proud of them."

muriel_volestrangler

(101,154 posts)
5. He appointed many to boards, or tried to, in some cases
Tue Jul 13, 2021, 10:37 AM
Jul 2021
Trump rushes to dole out plum appointments to allies on way out the door

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The White House also announced in early December that Brian Ballard, a prominent GOP lobbyist with ties to the White House, and Pam DeVos, a sister-in-law of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, will sit on the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees.

Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Anthony Tata, who has a history of making inflammatory, anti-Muslim remarks and once referred to former President Barack Obama as a “terrorist leader,” was awarded this week with an advisory board position at the Merchant Marine Academy.
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Last week, Trump named Michael Anton, a former spokesman for the Trump National Security Council, to the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences, which advises leaders of the Department of Education’s research division, along with Larry Schweikart, a retired historian and author of “48 Liberal Lies about American History (That You Probably Learned in School).”

Panetta pointed specifically to Trump confidants and campaign operatives David Bossie and Cory Lewandowski, who were appointed in early December to the Pentagon’s Defense Business Board after the White House removed the members serving on the board, which was formed in 2002 to provide senior Pentagon officials with “independent advice on business management issues,” according to its website.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-rushes-dole-plum-appointments-allies-door/story?id=74739837

Michael Anton was the author of the infamous "Flight 93 Election" article, in which he likened a Hillary victory to a terrorist hijacking of the USA.

The Biden administration decided the Defense Business Board was too important to have people like Bossie and Lewandowski on it, so they cleared it out:

The Secretary of Defense has directed a zero-based review of all DoD Advisory Committees.

All current members appointed and those pending appointment to the Defense Business Board have concluded their service.

https://dbb.defense.gov/Members/
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