I’m posing this question because I simply don’t know the answer. What happens if Trump is still recognized by the military as the true commander in chief like many of us believe and he’s arrested by the DS? Could this trigger military intervention of some sort based on the law of war manual? If the devolution plan is in play then it would make sense that something would happen. Thoughts?
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Are all executive orders public or can there be executive orders engaged in secret that are invoked when certain conditions arise. What if the incoming president was possibly a Manchurian Candidate. It's been discussed in media since the sixties (from the films) that it could be possible.
What if corrupt individuals working for foreign entities attempt to subvert the legal system in the US to create a position favorable to foreign powers? Could that trigger those secret plans?
I think there are way too many moving parts to know anything but that the government's are not stupid and aware that incoming governments can be corrupt. Look at what secret plans Obama's cabinet launched against Trump using just this scenario.
Now who says Trump didn't do the same thing?
PEADs are classified executive orders that might fit the bill, but I'm not sure what happens to them once a president leaves the white house.
Thanks, an interesting concept.
If PEAD are secret who would know except the recipient and the author? Can these orders live forever and beyond existing reps?
This does make for some food for thought. That would be the avenue that a keyword such as 'protest' can be engaged on if the author was clever and suspected an incoming gov was corrupt. The combination of the keyword and a reference to a corrupt Soros backed foreign entity maybe using foreign influence to destabilise the legal system.
Then if the trigger for this PEAD, like a payment from a foreign adversary being discovered addressed to an incoming government member, invoked it, could it be stopped?
The recipient being obligated to act is the only pitfall. They have a deminished obligation except to the oath they take to execute on the order. They may fail to act based on their interpretation or outside influence.