Axios: Top Trump advisers discuss need to resist dangerous, unlawful orders

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.axios.com/trump-advisers-25th-amendment-alternative-b84640f7-0469-498d-b4cf-0ba1d873cee4.html

Some top remaining administration officials are preparing to resist any unlawful or dangerous orders in the closing days of Trump's presidency, senior administration officials with direct knowledge of the sensitive conversations tell Axios.

Why it matters: After Trump incited protesters to storm the Capitol on Wednesday, there's a near universal view among top officials that he is unfit and unhinged, these sources said.

Recently departed Attorney General Bill Barr said as much on the record Thursday.

What we're hearing: While several senior officials have already resigned in disgust since the riots, including Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Deputy National Security adviser Matt Pottinger, there has been a heavy behind-the-scenes push to urge other top national security officials to stay on as a bulwark against emboldened U.S. enemies.

Multiple Cabinet officials and senators from both parties, including senior Senate Republicans, have privately urged National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien and White House Counsel Pat Cipollone to stay in their jobs for the sake of the nation's security and continuity of government.

-/snip-.

They did something similar with Nixon in the final days - the SecDef had to sign off on any of Tricky's military orders.

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1. Not only "incited by trump" but it

looks like the Domestic Terrorist Attack on our Capitol building was coordinated with an Inside job.

The terrorists knew where to go & knew
what they should be attempting to steal.. they were stopped from stealing the Electoral Ballots because they were scooped up by Sen Merkley's Aide before they went to a secure location.

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3. Wow! That's really incendiary if there was an insider giving info to the...

insurrectionists as to where to go once inside the Capitol. It makes you wonder why the Capitol police lines were so easily breached. If that proves to be true...just wow.

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6. I know "Wow".. this is what I've

gathered by putting the clues together form reading DU.

& I'm not into alarmist or false information.

[Demsrule86]

5. True heroes those ladies.

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2. It's finally fully out in the open that he's insane. But we here...

at DU have been saying that all along. Since Nov. 3 and his election loss a less veiled view of his insanity has become obvious with his denials of the election outcome.


I'm glad people are admitting it now but where were they during the impeachment process, before covid killed 360k Americans and before yesterday of course?

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4. "The SecDef had to sign off on any of Tricky's military orders." Trump fired Esper.

Let's hope the Acting Secretary of Defense (Christopher C Miller) is sane.