The reports have already been vehemently denied by POTUS who described them as nothing but another fake news story on his Twitter page.
"Martial law = Fake News. Just more knowingly bad reporting!" the American leader wrote on Twitter.
The sources meanwhile claimed that Pentagon officials along with the heads of military units stationed near Washington DC are "on red alert" as they are involved in "secret contingency planning in case the armed forces are called upon to maintain or restore civil order during the inauguration and transition period".
One of the insiders argued that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the US president currently has "unprecedented emergency powers, ones that might convince him—particularly if he listens to certain of his supporters—that he has unlimited powers and is above the law".
The insider described martial law as "the wrong paradigm to think about the dangers ahead", something that was echoed by another source who noted the actions Trump may take next month are anybody's guess "at this point".
"Though I'm confident that the uniformed military leadership has their heads screwed on right, the craziness is unprecedented and the possibilities are endless", the source asserted.
One more insider called Trump a person who is "fascinated with the secret levers of the presidency that are available to him", singling out the so-called Presidential Emergency Action Documents (PEADs).
The reports have already been vehemently denied by POTUS who described them as nothing but another fake news story on his Twitter page.
"Martial law = Fake News. Just more knowingly bad reporting!" the American leader wrote on Twitter.
The sources meanwhile claimed that Pentagon officials along with the heads of military units stationed near Washington DC are "on red alert" as they are involved in "secret contingency planning in case the armed forces are called upon to maintain or restore civil order during the inauguration and transition period".
One of the insiders argued that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the US president currently has "unprecedented emergency powers, ones that might convince him—particularly if he listens to certain of his supporters—that he has unlimited powers and is above the law".
The insider described martial law as "the wrong paradigm to think about the dangers ahead", something that was echoed by another source who noted the actions Trump may take next month are anybody's guess "at this point".
"Though I'm confident that the uniformed military leadership has their heads screwed on right, the craziness is unprecedented and the possibilities are endless", the source asserted.
One more insider called Trump a person who is "fascinated with the secret levers of the presidency that are available to him", singling out the so-called Presidential Emergency Action Documents (PEADs).
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