20." He also added in a subsequent tweet that he would not be attending the event.Ĭlaim: Martial law is imminent, and Speaker Pelosi’s laptop proves it. Capitol, Trump said that he’s focused on "ensuring a smooth, orderly and seamless transition of power" and that "a new administration will be inaugurated on Jan. In the videotaped speech, a day after a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. 7 speech that he will support the transition to a new administration. Trump has not done this, and he signaled in a Jan. "If the situation does not resolve itself, the President may issue an executive order to send in troops." "If the President decides to respond to such a situation, generally upon the recommendation of the Attorney General and, if necessary, the request of the governor, he must first issue a proclamation ordering the insurgents to disperse within a limited time," the CRS report says, citing Title 10 of the U.S. The Congressional Research Service says that it is legal convention under the act for the president to first issue a proclamation to get the situation under control before using the powers in the federal law. But there’s no evidence that this is true. Some social media posts went so far as to claim that Trump just signed and invoked the act. Moreover, most of these posts contain information that’s misleading or just plain wrong.Ĭlaim: "Trump already signed the Insurrection Act." However, their descriptions seem to reflect martial law at its most extreme: the suspension of civil authority and military control of civilian functions such as the courts.Īs of this writing, there’s no indication that Trump is planning to invoke the Insurrection Act or impose martial law. Many people pushing the theory that Trump will invoke martial law don’t specify what form they expect it to take.
Martial law, by contrast, is a concept that doesn’t have a legal definition in the U.S. It was most recently invoked during the 1992 Los Angeles riots after four white police officers were acquitted in the roadside beating of a Black man, Rodney King, and during Hurricane Hugo in 1989, when widespread looting was reported in St. history, according to the Congressional Research Service. The act has been used to send the armed forces to quell civil disturbances a number of times during U.S. The Insurrection Act is a federal law that empowers the president to deploy the military to suppress certain situations including civil disorder, insurrection or rebellion. While it appears to seek a larger use of NG troops then prior presidents use, I don't see anywhere in the memo where it expands the role or function or authority of NG troops beyond what they have already done to assist ICE and CBP since 2006.Social media users are spreading a variety of claims that President Donald Trump will either impose martial law or invoke the Insurrection Act to prevent Joe Biden from being inaugurated on Jan. It reads like an expansion of the use of 287(g) authority which has already been used consistently and without controversy since 2006 by both administrations in the southern border states. The memo is linked in a previous post - go take a look Probably authored by to stir up controversy. And, that will make even more people question the accuracy (and the motivation) of the press.Īre you saying the memo does not exist and was not considered? I suspect we will see more and more of this. Another example of a press agency wanting to be first to “break” a story without doing due diligence. Spicer called the AP report "100 percent not true, adding that there was "no effort at all to utilize the National Guard to round up unauthorized immigrants." "There is no effort to do what is potentially suggested," he said.
White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Friday the document was "not a White House document."
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