

For example, the posts say, “when there is no flag flying over the White House it means that the power has been turned over to the military. FLAGS AS EVIDENCEĪs “proof” some of the claims say that flags are proof that power has been turned over to the military and the Insurrection Act or martial law has been invoked, meaning the Biden inauguration was not valid and Biden will be arrested for treason. government defense official told Reuters via email that neither martial law nor the Insurrection Act have been declared. military in determining the outcome of an American election.” Trump and his senior legal adviser Jenna Ellis also rejected the proposal ( here).Īt the time of publication, there has been no credible confirmation of the act being invoked from any official sources, including the relevant state departments, lawmakers, the military or the White House itself.Ī U.S. James McConville said in a joint statement: “There is no role for the U.S. After the president’s former security adviser Michael Flynn suggested the act could also be employed to help overturn the election ( here), Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Chief of Staff Gen. Reuters has already debunked false claims that Trump invoked the Insurrection Act here. The last time was in 1992 when deadly riots broke out after Los Angeles police officers were acquitted of accusations over their alleged beating of Black motorist Rodney King. As an exception to the Posse Comitatus Act 1878, which prohibits military forces being used for domestic law enforcement, the 1807 act has been used in the past to quell civil unrest.

president to deploy the military to suppress domestic insurrection ( here, here ). The Insurrection Act of 1807 allows the U.S.
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That suspended the 3 branches of government and gave the military full control” ( here) and “Insurrection Act was signed.” ( here) The posts claim, “Trump signed the insurrection act on 11 Jan …. 20, 2021 when the world watched as Joe Biden took the oath and was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States ( here, here, here ). 20 would be the day of “Great Awakening” or “The Storm” when Trump would expose the supposed cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophile cannibal elites and declare martial law, meaning he would remain in power, and leading to mass arrests and executions of top Democrats or other supposed members of the cabal ( here, here, here ). President Donald Trump whom they believed to be their champion secretly fighting a cabal of child-sex predators that includes prominent Democrats, Hollywood elites and “deep state” allies ( here). įor three years, adherents of the sprawling QAnon conspiracy have been scouring anonymous web postings from a figure named “Q” (claiming to be a government insider with top secret security clearance) and parsing statements by former U.S. REUTERS/Brandon BellĮxamples of the posts can be seen here, here, here, here and here. Capitol building during the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States, in Washington D.C., U.S. Members of the National Guard stand guard at the U.S.
