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The secretary of defence, Mark Esper, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, General Mark Milley, are testifying to the House Armed Services Committee, on the subject of the military role in civilian law enforcement, in the wake of the George Floyd protests, during which Donald Trump had threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to deploy active duty troops to US cities.
Esper repeated his early resistance to using the act:
“As a former soldier and member of the National Guard, I’m a firm believer that in these situations the [national] guard is best suited to provide domestic support to civil authorities in support of law enforcement. Using active duty forces in a direct law enforcement role should remain a last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire situations.”
In his opening statement to the House judiciary committee, former US attorney Geoffrey Berman detailed how he learned of his firing.
Berman said he spoke to attorney general William Barr again on June 19 after their meeting and reiterated he would not resign from his position as the top prosecutor in the southern district of New York office.
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