Attorney General William Barr said the president never demanded 10,000 active-duty troops be ordered to help crack down on nationwide protests
Attorney General William Barr says President Donald Trump never demanded that 10,000 active-duty troops be ordered to help crack down on protests in D.C. and across the country.
"The president never asked or suggested that we needed to deploy regular troops at that point," Barr said in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation” on Sunday. "It's been done from time to time in our history. We try to avoid it, and I'm happy that we were able to avoid it on this occasion.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley opposed the use of active-duty troops to help manage the protests. Former government officials and military leaders have also opposed it. “I would absolutely advise against it, particularly at this time,” former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.
There have also been questions as to whether a presidential order to send in active-duty troops would even be legal.
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