Scoop: Generals privately brief news anchors, promise no military role in election [View all]
Source: Axios
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley held an off-the-record video call with top generals and network anchors this weekend to tamp down speculation about potential military involvement in the presidential election, two people familiar with the call tell Axios.
The nation's top military official set up Saturday's highly unusual call to make clear that the military's role is apolitical, one of the sources said -- and to dispel any notion of a role for the military in adjudicating a disputed election or making any decision around removing a president from the White House.
Milley told the anchors that the U.S. military would have no role whatsoever in a peaceful transfer of power, one source added. One official told the anchors not to be alarmed if they see images of uniformed National Guard on Election Day; currently, they are not federalized but serving at the request of governors.
Through a spokesman, Milley and the other generals declined comment.
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