Why top general Mark Milley is likely to hang on despite stunning revelations in new book and GOP outrage

Heather Hurlburt was quoted in an Independent piece on revelations about General Mark Milley's conduct around the January 6 riot.

Heather Hurlburt, who worked for the White House and the State Department during the Clinton administration, said that the anecdote was indicative of a larger problem regarding Mr Trump.

“That both his decision-making process and his decisions were deeply problematic, but all the channels the Constitution envisages to deal with that were unavailable,” she said. She also noted how Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin told reporters that Gen Milley’s actions were “circumspect” but at the same time, many members “made it clear that we were counting on him to avoid the disaster which we knew could happen at any moment.”

“So basically there you have a senior elected official encouraging a senior military official to ignore the chain of command,” she said. While Ms Hurlburt said she was glad the US avoided conflict with China, she cautioned Democrats to imagine their own response if a Republican senator like, say, Lindsey Graham publically indicated he was counting on Gen Milley to block Mr Biden’s win.