10 YouTube video viewed more than 800,000 times, former Navy SEAL Michael Jaco - whose previous claims include the bogus allegation that the video of George Floyd’s death was a “ green screened staged video production” - spread the same misinformation about the Insurrection Act. Reuters has noted that the official Trump campaign’s Parler account used the handle - not a Jan. The storm is here.”īut there is no substantiation for the idea that the Parler account was an official Trump account. 11 Facebook post, showing a screenshot of the Parler post, reads. “ M I L I T A R Y in control now,” a Jan. It declared he had invoked the Insurrection Act and would stay in office “until all domestic enemies are arrested.” Trump” and the profile picture showed the president, which could give users the false impression that it was Trump’s account. One post on the social media platform Parler came from an account called and was made to look like a message from Trump himself the name on the account was “Donald J. The false claim was peddled widely across social media platforms in recent days, in the aftermath of the riot at the Capitol and as thousands of National Guard members were dispatched to provide security in Washington, D.C., ahead of the inauguration. Trump has, in fact, acknowledged that President-elect Joe Biden’s Jan. ![]() laws are being obstructed by the unrest.Ī Department of Defense spokesman told us by phone that he was not “ aware of any actions on behalf of the DOD to take actions … in response to the Insurrection Act.” He further referred us to the White House, which didn’t respond to our inquiry. The law gives the president the authority to deploy the military to settle widespread unrest if a state requests it, or if U.S. Some of the posts went on to say he would therefore remain in office “indefinitely” until “all domestic enemies are arrested.”īut it is not true that Trump is using the military to try to stay in power through his authority under the Insurrection Act, as the various posts have claimed. ![]() ![]() 6 riot at the Capitol - social media users spread a false claim that the president had invoked a rarely used law in a bid to take control of the country through the military. In the days before President Donald Trump was impeached for a second time - this time charged with “incitement of insurrection” following the Jan. A falsehood on social media claims President Donald Trump has “invoked” the Insurrection Act, seized control of the country through the military and will “remain president indefinitely.” A Defense Department spokesman told us he was not “aware of any actions” regarding the Insurrection Act.
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