'The military has made clear to me they will not follow an unlawful order, period,' said Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., the chairman of the Armed Services Committee.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump can't expect military aid from the Pentagon if he disputes the election results, according to the military's top officer and the leading Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee.declined to promise a peaceful transition if he loses the Nov. 3 election
Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stated in an Aug. 28 letter in response to questions from members of Congress that he views no role for the military in the election. On Thursday, Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, told CNN that he had been assured by military leaders that they would disregard illegal orders to interfere in the election.Smith added that military leaders, earlier this summer, resisted Trump's call for federal troops to deal with unrest following the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, by police in Minneapolis.
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