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President Trump's Insurrection act reversed by Defence Secretary

Author
Newstalk ZB staff,
Publish Date
Thu, 4 Jun 2020, 2:49PM
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper. (Photo / Getty)
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper. (Photo / Getty)

President Trump's Insurrection act reversed by Defence Secretary

Author
Newstalk ZB staff,
Publish Date
Thu, 4 Jun 2020, 2:49PM

US Defence Secretary Mark Esper has reversed President Donald Trump's order to use the military as a means of stopping violent protests. throughout the United States.

Soldiers will remain in Washington, D.C. and Mr Esper said he does not support deployment of active military troops on city streets.

But US correspondent Cordelia Lynch says it does not mean the Insurrection act is not fully out of the window.

"What it does definitely signify us this divide and departure between the Defence Secretary and of course the President. He has clearly stated that it should only be used as you say as a last resort in the most dire of circumstances."

"This is something Donald Trump actively wants to pursue and has been actively looking at."

Ms Lynch adds there is now a clear divide between the President and Mr Esper.

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