Trump aides were ready to deploy active-duty troops to DC protests in the wake of George Floyd death and drafted a proclamation to use the Insurrection Act, report says
Two senior Trump administration officials told The New York Times that the proclamation was drafted on June 1, 2020
That same day, Trump had given a fiery speech in which he threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 and said he would call up the military I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them, Trump had said in the speech
He was aware the aides had drafted the document, one former official said
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