A post that Mr. Trump circulated on Sunday called for Liz Cheney to be prosecuted by a military court reserved for enemy combatants and war criminals.

Included in the list of people to be brought up for war crimes against the United States were Current President Joe Biden, Current VP Kamala Harris, former VP Mike Pence, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger and Representatives Adam Schiff, Jamie Raskin, Pete Aguilar, Zoe Lofgren and Bennie Thompson.

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    5 months ago

    Liz Cheney is not an enemy combatant. If this is Trump’s definition of one, that as an authoritarian any dissent to his will is considered treason, then he’ll still need to change the rules of military tribunals to allow prosecution of non-combatant civilians. In case anyone hasn’t read it, Wikipedia has a page on Military tribunals in the United States - Wikipedia

    It’s curious Trump seems to believe that mere political dissent equates to enemy combat and physical violence. Imagine what he must think about Jan 6 that he has been keeping to himself. Can anyone say “project”?

    He’s saying he must be given a military tribunal as an enemy combatant?