Why Michael Flynn s coup comment shouldn t trigger a court-martial MSNBC 1 hr ago Steve Vladeck
Michael Flynn, former President Donald Trump’s disgraced (and pardoned) former national security adviser, is back in the news after suggesting Sunday that a military coup like the one in Myanmar “should happen here.”
Although Flynn has since tried to backtrack from his remarks (which were captured on video), a number of commentators, including former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, have argued that he engaged in sedition and that, as a retired Army officer, he can and should be tried by court-martial for that offense (among others).
Michael Flynn s coup comment shouldn t trigger a court-martial
Retired generals should be treated like the civilians they are.
Michael Flynn, pictured when he was director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has said some very questionable things lately.Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call via Getty Images; MSNBC
June 3, 2021, 9:30 AM UTC
Michael Flynn, former President Donald Trump’s disgraced (and pardoned) former national security adviser, is back in the news after suggesting Sunday that a military coup like the one in Myanmar “should happen here.”
Although Flynn has since tried to backtrack from his remarks (which were captured on video), a number of commentators, including former Labor Secretary Robert Reich, have argued that he engaged in sedition and that, as a retired Army officer, he can and should be tried by court-martial for that offense (among others).
A National Policy Blueprint To End White Supremacist Violence
April 21, 2021, 12:01 am Getty/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Stanton Sharpe
A member of the Proud Boys guards the front stage during a rally in Portland, Oregon, on September 26, 2020.
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White supremacist violence is not new, but in recent years, it has become a primary national security threat in the United States.
1 Notions of racial superiority, hostility toward immigrants and minorities, and the myth of an embattled white majority defending its power have increasingly infiltrated mainstream American political and cultural discourse.
2 In October 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its annual threat assessment, identifying racially and ethnically motivated violent extremists, particularly white supremacist extremists, as “the most persistent and lethal threat in the Homeland.”