Did Trump plan to declare martial law? [View all]
I don't have a clue but here is what I know if that was his plan. 1. He wanted a big counter-protest, 2. he wanted those 2 bombs to go off, 3. he wanted mayhem at the Capitol. From what I understand the procedure was changed about who was in charge of deploying the Guard.
Here's the deal though, 1. the counter-protest didn't happen, 2. the bombs didn't go off, the reasons for Trump to declare martial law were disappearing so someone delayed the deployment of the Guard because they wanted more mayhem.
We have a whistleblower from the Guard who wrote a document about who was responsible for delaying the Guard. The whistleblower claims that Generals lied to Congress. Are Generals above the law? The whistleblower gave his document to the select committee and we have heard nothing about this since. I believe that this could be one of the ways to nail Trump for being involved in the planning of the coup, it needs to be followed up. The generals need to be called back before the select committee and asked to explain the whistleblower's claims, and make it a public hearing.
Honestly, as crazy as Trump is, he would have had a hard time pulling off declaring martial law, but who knows, but this Guard deployment needs investigated.