President Trump this week revoked a security detail for retired Gen. Mark Milley and announced an investigation into the former Joint Chiefs chairman’s conduct, enacting promised retribution while
Gen. Mark Milley, a frequent target Trump’s, will lose his security detail and face an inspector general investigation, said a senior defense official.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has revoked the security detail and clearance for retired Gen. Mark Milley, making him the latest high-level official to face retribution from President Donald Trump for going against him.
Pete Hegseth is also reportedly considering demoting Mark Milley, with a review board set to analyze whether he took actions to "undermine the chain of command."
Trump already stripped security details from his former secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, and a former top aide, Brian Hook. Both men face ongoing threats from Iran after Trump ordered the killing of Iranian general Qassim Soleimani, who led the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, during his first term.
New U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in one of his first acts in the job since being appointed by President Donald Trump, has revoked the personal security detail and security clearance for Mark Milley,
Retired Gen. Mark Milley, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Trump and Biden administrations, has had both his security detail and security clearance revoked, the Pentagon says.
The Pentagon has asked its inspector general to review the record and behavior of Gen. Mark A. Milley, the retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who stood up to President Trump in his first term.
Days after he was sworn into office, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth revoked a security detail for retired Gen. Mark Milley, becoming the fourth former Donald Trump appointee-turned-critic to be stripped of protections after the president’s return to the White House.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pulling the security protections and clearance of retired Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Mark Milley
If they are injured or killed, Donald Trump will be the one person responsible — a black mark against him that time will not erase.