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Not one of these instances of martial law was used to rerun an election the way Flynn described it.

Martial law had been imposed 29 times to address labor disputes, twice for war or invasion, seven times for domestic wars or insurrections, and 11 times for riots or civil unrest. They found it had been done at least 68 times. In August 2020, the Brennan Center for Justice compiled a list of times martial law, the temporary military takeover of civil functions like law enforcement and courts, had been imposed in the United States by federal and state authorities. Martial law has been instituted 64 times. I mean, these people are out there talking about martial law like it's something that we've never done. He could also order, within the swing states, if he wanted to, he could take military capabilities and he could place them in those states and basically rerun an election in each of those states. He could immediately on his order seize every single one of these machines around the country on his order. Readers inquired if that number was accurate. Michael Flynn, made such a claim in an interview with Newsmax in December 2020.įlynn said that using martial law to rerun elections was not “unprecedented” and martial law had been declared 64 times in the United States’ history. Recently pardoned former national security adviser to Trump, retired Lt. President Donald Trump disputed the results of the November 2020 presidential elections, loyalists argued that declaring martial law would allow him to overturn the election results. Follow our post-election coverage here.Īs incumbent U.S. Election may be over, but the misinformation keeps on ticking. They will destroy our country next.Voting in the 2020 U.S. “In our private chat with only Members, several are saying the only way to save our Republic is for Trump to call for Marshall law,” Green wrote. She, too, appeared to think giving power to the military was named after a person named Marshall. 17, Greene told Meadows that several Republicans in Congress wanted Trump to declare martial law. And we need to lay out the best case for each state.”īy Jan. We are getting a lot of members on board. “I would like to meet with Rudy Giuliani again. We have to get organized for the 6th,” Greene wrote to Meadows on Dec. Greene faced a legal challenge to disqualify her from running for Congress due to her alleged role on Jan 6. Jordan, Brian Babin (R-Texas), Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Andy Harris (R-Md.), Jody Hice (R-Ga.), Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and then-Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). 6 committee as having participated in the meeting were Reps. “The President and I met with about 15 members of Congress to discuss the evidence of voter fraud in various states as well as discuss the strategy for making the case to the American people,” Meadows wrote to Kilmeade later that day.Īmong those members identified by the Jan. “Mark, in seeing what’s happening so quickly, and reading about the Dominion law suits attempting to stop any meaningful investigation we are at a point of � no return � in saving our Republic !! Our LAST HOPE is invoking Marshall Law!! PLEASE URGE TO PRESIDENT TO DO SO!!” Norman wrote. In the text, Norman appears to propose that then-President Trump impose martial law - or, as Norman put it, “Marshall Law” - during his final hours of office to overturn the election in his favor. 17, 2021, just three days before Joe Biden was scheduled to take office. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) to Meadows, sent on Jan.

While CNN previously reported that Meadows was kept informed of efforts to seize voting machines and other schemes to overturn President Biden’s win by Trump allies in contested states, the TPM report identifies a startling message from Rep. The trove of text messages were obtained by Talking Points Memo, which on Monday reported on the extent to which Meadows was communicating with members of Congress about overturning the 2020 election.

Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows was forced to hand over 2,319 text messages to the House select committee investigating the Jan.