My Pillow CEO Lindell White House meeting notes reference martial law, new CIA head
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Michael Lindell photographed with White House meeting notes on martial law, installing Trump loyalist at CIA
© Gerald Herbert, AP Michael Lindell, CEO of My Pillow, Inc., waits to go into the West Wing of the White House, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in Washington.
Michael Lindell, CEO of My Pillow, was photographed leaving a White House meeting Friday with notes referring to the use of martial law and a potential CIA shakeup.
Among the text visible in Lindell's notes is a reference to "…martial law if necessary upon the first hint of any …" with the rest of the sentence obstructed. A line above that appears to read, "Insurrection Act now as a result of the assault on the ... " Another section of the notes cites "Foreign Interference in the election" and says, "Make clear this is China/Iran."
The notes also suggested replacing CIA Director Gina Haspel with Kash Patel, a Trump loyalist serving as the chief of staff to acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller.
"Move Kash Patel to CIA acting," read Lindell's notes.
As a staffer to Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., Patel worked to discredit the special counsel investigation into Russian election interference. Trump installed him in his position at the Pentagon in November, after his defeat to President-elect Joe Biden.
The photographs of Lindell were taken as he waited to meet with the president. Despite the dramatic moves outlined in the notes, White House officials said that nothing came from the brief 5-10 minute meeting between Trump and Lindell, according to The New York Times.
If Lindell presented the ideas outlined in his notes to the president, it would not be the first time the idea of martial law has been discussed in the White House since Trump's Nov. 3 loss. During a meeting in December, Trump reportedly asked former national security adviser Michael Flynn about invoking martial law and discussed it during the meeting.
Lindell, a staunch supporter of Trump, has continued to share false claims of widespread voter fraud and Trump's baseless claims that he was the true winner of an election he lost by more than 4 percentage points.
As recently as Thursday, Lindell told supporters on Facebook to "keep the faith" and, "We will have our president Donald Trump 4 more years!"
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Certain Trump factions continue to plot sedition up til the final hours.
I guess Lindell's prayers to keep Trump in office after Jan 20 havent been working.
God doesn't always answer prayers the way we wish He would.
He should go back to interrupting his own commercials.
I see this trumpster thumper going head first back into a pile of marching powder as his business craters. tough shit.
Disturbing yet accurate.
*smooch*
Why do some of these ultra religious people think their God is at fault for the way things played out...
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These people have made religion a joke. A mockery.
That they can actually compare donald to some kind of savior shows the depths they have fallen.