The Joint Chiefs of Staff sent a memo to the entire U.S. military Tuesday, condemning the Jan. 6 riots that breached the Capitol grounds as “violence, sedition and insurrection,” and said that President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated Jan. 20, 2021 “in accordance with the Constitution.”

The one-page internal memo was signed by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley, Vice Chairman Gen. John Hyten, and the chiefs of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and the National Guard Bureau.

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