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A message released on Sunday by Trump for Liz Cheney to be prosecuted through a military court reserved for enemy combatants and war criminals.
By Chris Cameron
Former President Donald J. Trump stepped up his pledge to prosecute his warring political parties over the weekend, circulating posts on his social media invoking “televised military courts” and calling for the jailing of President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Senators Mitch McConnell and Chuck. . Schumer and former Vice President Mike Pence, among other high-profile politicians.
Trump, on his Truth Social account on Sunday, promoted two posts through other users of the site calling for the imprisonment of his alleged political enemies.
An article he published Sunday singled out Liz Cheney, a former Wyoming congresswoman who is a Republican critic of Trump, and called for her to be prosecuted through a military tribunal reserved for enemy combatants and war criminals.
“Elizabeth Lynne Cheney is guilty of treason,” the message reads. “Revere the fact if you televised the military tribunals. “
Another article included photographs of 15 current and former elected officials who read, in capital letters, “They’re the ones who go to prison on Monday, not Steve Bannon!”These officials included Mr. Biden, Ms. Harris, Mr. Pence, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. McConnell (the Senate’s most sensible leaders) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, a former Speaker of the House.
The list in the second post also included members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, adding Ms. Cheney and former Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger, a Republican, and Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff, Jamie. Raskin. , Pete Aguilar, Zoe Lofgren and Bennie Thompson, who chaired the committee.
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