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Pillow Tycoon Visits Trump To Apparently Discuss Martial Law
Donald Trump invited pillow tycoon and ally Michael Lindell to the White House on Friday – and a glimpse of his notes captured by a Washington Post photographer revealed that martial law and the Insurrection Act may have been on the agenda.
Observers have feared that the outgoing president could invoke the Insurrection Act to declare martial law and mobilise the military in a coup to override the democratic presidential election.
Based on the notes Lindell, the multimillionaire CEO of My Pillow known widely in the US as the ‘My Pillow guy’, carried into the West Wing, he appeared to be about to discuss that very tactic with the White House.
Trump was impeached for a second time on Wednesday, charged with “incitement of insurrection.”
“Insurrection Act now as a result of the assault on the—” is one of the snippets from Lindell’s notes that Post photographer Jabin Botsford captured on camera, followed by “martial law if necessary upon the first hint of any—” on the next line of text.
@MyPillowUSA CEO Michael Lindell shows off his notes before going into the West Wing at the White House on Friday, Jan 15, 2021 in Washington, DC. pic.twitter.com/AY6AyJNSyE
— Jabin Botsford (@jabinbotsford) January 15, 2021
Other visible phrases included “be taken immediately to save the Constitution,” “done massive research on these issues,” and “Foreign Interference in the election. Trigger... powers. Make clear this is China/Iran.”
There was also a notation: “Move Kash Patel to Acting CIA,” apparently meaning “acting CIA director.” Patel, a GOP operative and Trump loyalist, is currently the chief of staff for the Defence Department.
Lindell’s visit to the White House was brief, reported Maggie Haberman of The New York Times, citing an unnamed source. He was reportedly escorted to White House counsel Pat Cipollone’s office, though apparently did not meet with Cipollone.
Lindell told Haberman that the notes he was carrying were from an...
