Retired Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, star witness to President Trump’s first removal, calls for the resignation of the president of the joint chief of staff, General Mark Milley, if notification of his secret phone calls with China under the previous administration it happened.
A new report in the upcoming book “Peril” alleges that Milley contacted his Chinese counterpart in the last months of Trump’s presidency, promising to warn the CCP if the commander-in-chief launched an attack.
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Vindman, an outspoken critic of Trump, insisted that “if” the information is accurate, Milley’s actions went too far.
“If that’s true, GEN Milley has to resign,” Vindman tweeted. “He usurped civilian authority, broke the chain of command and violated the sacrosanct principle of civilian control over the army. It is an extremely dangerous precedent. One cannot simply turn away from that.”
He added: “#dotherightthingintherightway.”
Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Floriday on Tuesday asked Biden to fire Milley.
Vindman became a national figure in 2019 when he offered his testimony during President Trump’s impeachment investigation into his conduct with Ukraine and allegations that he is pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate the Bidens withholding aid. Trump was finally acquitted by the Senate.
The new book, written by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward and national political reporter Robert Costa, states that Milley made two secret phone calls, both to her Chinese counterpart, General Li Zuocheng, of the People’s Liberation Army. The book alleges that the phone calls occurred before the 2020 presidential election on October 30, 2020 and two days after the January 6, 2021 January Capitol riot.
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According to the book, Milley contacted Zuocheng after reviewing intelligence that suggested Chinese officials believed the United States was planning an attack on China amid military exercises in the South China Sea.
“General Li, I want to assure you that the U.S. government is stable and everything will be fine,” Milley told him during the first call, according to the book. “We will not attack or carry out any kinetic operation against you.”
The book, taken from the Washington Post, also stated that Milley told Zuocheng that he would warn her in advance if America decided to “attack.”
“General Li, you and I have known each other for five years. If we are going to attack, we will call you sooner,” Milley added, according to the book “Danger.” which will be released next week. “It won’t be a surprise.”
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The authors of the book also claim that Milley contacted Zuocheng a second time to assure him that the US would not make any progress or attack China in any way, as Milley promised: “We are 100% “Everything is fine. But democracy can sometimes be neglected.”
According to the book, these phone calls were never mentioned to Trump, as Milley believed his mental state had waned after the election, about which he shared his thoughts in a phone call with the Speaker of the House. Nancy Pelosi, D-California, on January 8, the same day he called Zuocheng for the second time. According to Pelosi, that day he spoke with Milley about “available precautions” to prevent Trump from participating in military actions.
Kyle Morris of Fox News contributed to this report.