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Fact Check: Retired Gen. Mark Milley Did NOT Tell Troops Being Deployed To U.S. Cities 'We Do Not Report To A Dictator' -- He Said It Two Years Before Trump Sent National Guard To Los Angeles, D.C.

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Did retired Gen. Mark Milley tell troops being deployed to U.S. cities in August of 2025 that they "do not report to a dictator", as posts on social media claim? No, that's not true: Milley's remarks were made in September of 2023, almost two years before President Donald Trump sent the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Milley,…
Aug 25, 2025

by: Dean Miller
2023 Speech
Fact Check: JAG Did NOT Convict, Sentence Gen. Mark Milley To Hang

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Did the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps (JAG) convict and sentence U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley to "hang"? No, that's not true: The website where this claim was made has a disclaimer that states it publishes satirical content. Fictional stories from the site are often copied by other sites that falsely present them as news. The claim appeared in an…
Oct 13, 2023

by: Kaiyah Clarke
Satirical Site
Fact Check: NOT Accurate That Joint Chiefs Of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley 'Never Served In Combat' -- Pentagon Provides Proof

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Has U.S. Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, "never served in combat"? No, that's not true: A publicly available profile of Milley lists his numerous operational deployments over the past several decades. The claim appeared in a post on Instagram on February 8, 2023. The caption read: Anyone?? The text above a photo of Milley…
Feb 10, 2023

by: Kaiyah Clarke
Pentagon Bio
Fact Check: Chairman Of Joint Chiefs Of Staff Gen. Mark Milley Was NOT Arrested

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Was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley recently arrested? No, that's not true: Milley attended a press briefing after a video making this and other false claims appeared on a Facebook account that pretends to be from two QAnon influencers. The claim appeared in a video published on Facebook (archived here) by a "MEL K Charlie…
Jul 22, 2021

by: Kaiyah Clarke
Not Arrested
Fact Check: Claims Biden Inauguration Was Cancelled, Trump Remains in Office, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN, MSNBC to Lose Licenses Have NO Merit

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Was the inauguration cancelled; will Donald Trump remain in office; and will ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN, MSNBC all lose their licenses? No, none of that is true: A made-up story containing those claims and predictions was written by a discredited conspiracy writer and published by 'Before It's News', a news platform that lets anyone write and publish what they…
Jan 15, 2021

by: Sarah Thompson
Fan Fiction

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Fact Check: Retired Gen. Mark Milley Did NOT Tell Troops Being Deployed To U.S. Cities 'We Do Not Report To A Dictator' -- He Said It Two Years Before Trump Sent National Guard To Los Angeles, D.C.

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Fact Check: JAG Did NOT Convict, Sentence Gen. Mark Milley To Hang

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Fact Check: NOT Accurate That Joint Chiefs Of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley 'Never Served In Combat' -- Pentagon Provides Proof

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Fact Check: Chairman Of Joint Chiefs Of Staff Gen. Mark Milley Was NOT Arrested

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Fact Check: Claims Biden Inauguration Was Cancelled, Trump Remains in Office, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN, MSNBC to Lose Licenses Have NO Merit

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