Letters To The Editor
Embarrassed by His Fellows
As a retired brigadier general in the U.S. Marine Corps, I have proffered charges against other retired military officers: They should be court-martialed for comments against the president. I submitted the following letter to the Secretary of Defense on September 18, 2020, and have had no response from him to date:
Preferral of charges: I am writing you to bring charges under the UCMJ [Uniform Code of Military Justice] against currently retired officers of the military within the Department of Defense, and hereby request you initiate the necessary actions to bring these (and any others uncovered who did likewise) officers to face trial under Article 88 of the Code, Contempt toward officials, which specifically states: “Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.”
The Supreme Court, as recently as 2019, has refused to review military cases brought against “retired military under the UCMJ,” effectively supporting such cases as being constitutional…. In each of the cases against these individuals, they have made strong and readily available public remarks against the president. I will not attempt to list here each incident, but will leave that up to the DOD Legal Counsel to produce in preparing the official charges against each office.
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