The Pentagon says retired General Mark Milli, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Trump and the Biden administration, has canceled both his security details and his security clearance.
Pentagon spokesman John Eliot told CBS News in a statement to CBS News Tuesday night to CBS News Tuesday night told CBS News that the new Secretary of Defense Secretary Pete Hegisit told General Milli today. They are canceling permission for their security details and also suspending their security clearance. “
Elite said that Hegsith also directed the Defense Department’s Inspector General to investigate the facts and circumstances related to General Milli’s behavior so that the secretary could determine whether his commitment to his military grade review. Whether it is appropriate to reopen. “
A spokesman for the Pentagon’s Inspector General’s Office also told CBS News that the Defense Department’s Inspector General Stephen Stibans received a request to review whether the four -star general Milli should be snatched from a star, the Pentagon. A spokesman for the Inspector General’s Office also told CBS News. Stabans is reviewing the request.
During his first term, Mr Trump nominated Malai to lead the joint chief, a position Milli held for a full four -year term from 2019 to 2023.
Mr Trump and Mili, however, started a public during several incidents in the last months of Mr Trump’s first term, which began with a apologetic, which was released to take part, while tiredness. I dressed, Photo option In June 2020, when federal officers cleared social justice protesters from Lifatty Park in front of the St. John Church, Mr Trump could go to the Church from the White House.
Appeared in a book September 2021 Revealed that Milli also engaged in two phone calls – one on October 30, 2020, and the other on January 8, 2021Two days after the capital’s uprising – with Chinese Liberation Army Chinese General Lee Zucheng, to assure that the United States will not attack China and that the United States is stable.
At the time of the revelation, Mr Trump claimed that Milli should be tried for “treason”. Again, a shocking 2023 Social Media PostMr Trump advised that these calls have formed a “treason Act” that can guarantee implementation.
One in October 2023 Interview With “60 minutes”, Malai said there are an example of “calls”. So – there were clear indications of this – that the Chinese were very worried about what they had witnessed here in the United States. “
According to another book of 2021, Mile feared that Mr. Trump Will try to rebel After losing the 2020 elections and a plan was prepared if it was prepared.
On January 20, when he was leaving power, former president Joe Biden Were already forgiven Along with others, they think it can be targeted by the Trump administration.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Defense Department’s Chief of Staff, Joe Casper, told CBS News that “it is corrosion to our national security, and the Defense Department led by President Trump is held accountable. Rehabilitation is a priority. “
The Trump administration has also canceled it Federal Security Details Former Trump Secretary for Foreign Affairs Mike Pompeo, former Trump’s national security adviser John Bolton, former Trump’s former special envoy to Iran Brian Hook and Dr. Anthony FukiFormer long -time director of the National Institute of Allergies and infectious diseases.
Melissa Queen contributed to this report.
