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Joint Chiefs condemn Capitol riot, uphold Biden election in memo

By Abraham Mahshie
Published January 12, 2021 10:20pm ET
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Joint Chiefs condemn Capitol riot, uphold Biden election in memo
Police begin clearing angry protesters from the Capitol building in Washington by using tear gas on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Demonstrators responded by taunting and yelling at law enforcement before retreating from the toxic gas and the officers with riot shields. | (Zachary Halaschak/Washington Examiner)

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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