Book peril it s reported that two days after the january 6th riot, mark milley had become increasingly concerned about president trump s mental state following his election loss, worrying the president could go rogue and start a war. according to the book that s been obtained by nbc news, the country s top military officer summoned his staff to a secret meeting to review the procedures for launching nuclear weapons, millie emphasizing that only the president could get the launch order, he also had to be involved. he said, quote, if you get calls no matter who they re from, there s a process, there s a procedure and i m part of the procedure. earlier that day, millie took a call super house speaker nancy pelosi who asked what precautions were available to prevent an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or from accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike. millie assured her there were a lot of checks in the system. pelosi saying of trump, he s crazy and
New book peril. pelosi, what precautions are available to prevent and unstable president from initiating military hostilities, or from accessing the launch codes in ordering a nuclear strike? milley, this is one of those moments madam speaker where you re going to have to trust me on this. i guarantee. i m giving you my word. i can t say any of it publicly because i don t have the authorities. i can assure you that the united states military s study is iraq, and we re not going to do anything illegal, immoral or unethical with the use of force. we will not do. it pelosi, who knows what he might do. he s crazy. you know he s crazy. he s been crazy for a long time. so don t say you don t know what his state of mind. is he s crazy and what he did yesterday is further evidence of this craziness. but anyway i appreciate what you said. general milley, madam speaker i agree with you on everything. here s what s bob woodward
Quote, nonsense there was no secret meeting over nuclear procedures or attempt to undermine the president s authority. here s what we do know. two days after the capitol riot house speaker nancy pelosi revealed she called general milley about taking the nuclear football away from president trump to prevent, quote: an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike. pentagon officials pushed back on suggestions in the new woodward and kosta book that general milley put himself in the chain of command. i can report from my own conversations at the time with senior military sources that during that phone call speaker pelosi was distraught following the events in the capitol that day and was screaming and demanded that general milley take the nuclear football away from the president. those privy to the phone call told me at the time that general milley tried to reassure her and pushed back and repeatedly said madam speaker
To the article. the same concern held by house speaker nancy pelosi, who told 60 minutes she called the chairman of the joint chiefs personally. i have sought information from those who are in a position to know that there are protections against this dangerous president initiating any military hostilities or something worse than that. reporter: before general milley left a january 3 meeting, the president told him his january 6 rally was going to be a big deal and asked, you re ready for that, right? the new yorker reports it was the last time the two would speak. newly revealed secret service documents show the agency underestimated the threat on january 6, repeatedly reporting there is no indication of civil disobedience. the agency had given the go- ahead for mike pence to travelpc to the capitol on the sixth and later had to rush him off the senate floor. his protective detail implored him to leave the building but he refused, according to a new book, telling his lead ag
Takers in the actual institution u.s. military that has to protect and defend the u.s. constitution. that is what that looked like. he was going to use anybody to help him steal power and it when it wasn t a uniform members of the u.s. military he went to this, the next best thing, trump supporters willing fuss, pulls, hockey sticks, bear spray, beating, concuss-ing, dragging police officers to get into the capital. but again the tread of trump abusing the military didn t end that day, nancy pelosi said she talked to merely from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch close and ordering a nuclear strike. a few days after that, million the rest of the joint chiefs released a memo warning troops against sedition and insurrection but for joe biden s inauguration.