President Trump and his transition team are taking the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan very, very seriously.
The withdrawal, which costed many Americans’ their lives, happened under Biden’s watch.
But, don’t be fooled: many military officials are just as much to blame for this, if not more.
According to a report from NBC News, that’s why the Trump team is putting together a list of all the military officials, both current and former, who were involved in the botched Afghanistan withdrawal in order to investigate and find out who to court martial.
Some officers may even face charges of treason.
Here’s what’s happening:
🚨 BREAKING: Trump team puts together a list of military officers to court martial involved in the botched Afghanistan withdrawal – NBC
Charges of "TREASON" are being considered for some officers…
They are also getting together a potential commission to investigate the… pic.twitter.com/ruAcXCvFBd
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 17, 2024
THIS SEEMS SERIOUS…
🚨 NBC is reporting that Trump’s transition team is making a list of officers involved in the Afghanistan withdrawal for possible court-martial. The goal is to bring charges of treason. pic.twitter.com/t7V6HlnAu8
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) November 17, 2024
NBC News has the original report:
The Trump transition team is compiling a list of senior current and former U.S. military officers who were directly involved in the withdrawal from Afghanistan and exploring whether they could be court-martialed for their involvement, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the plan.
Officials working on the transition are considering creating a commission to investigate the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, including gathering information about who was directly involved in the decision-making for the military, how it was carried out, and whether the military leaders could be eligible for charges as serious as treason, the U.S. official and person with knowledge of the plan said.
“They’re taking it very seriously,” the person with knowledge of the plan said.
The Trump transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Matt Flynn, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for counternarcotics and global threats, is helping lead the effort, the sources said. It is being framed as a review of how the U.S. first got into the war in Afghanistan and how the U.S. ultimately withdrew.
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