The Pentagon defused Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act

By Jamie McIntyre

Published June 12, 2020 3:00am ET

The Pentagon defused Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act — A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara. | U.S. Army photo by Spc. Zayid Ballesteros

The morning of June 1 was a tense one at the White House.

President Trump, who had been watching three days of increasingly violent demonstrations, was angry and frustrated by what he saw around the nation and outside his own front door.

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