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Martin Pengelly in Washington

Mark Milley fears being court-martialed if Trump wins, Woodward book says

man in military uniform speaks into microphone
Mark Milley has received ‘a non-stop barrage of death threats’ since his retirement, Bob Woodward writes. Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

Mark Milley, a retired US army general who was chair of the joint chiefs of staff under Donald Trump and Joe Biden, fears being recalled to uniform and court-martialed should Trump defeat Kamala Harris next month and return to power.

“He is a walking, talking advertisement of what he’s going to try to do,” Milley recently “warned former colleagues”, the veteran Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward writes in an upcoming book. “He’s saying it and it’s not just him, it’s the people around him.”

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