Last week, Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Green faced accusations of involvement in activities against the United States government. She is suspected of supporting the January 6th, 2021 insurrection or advocating for illegal actions to maintain Donald Trump in the presidency, like suggesting martial law. If Greene is proven guilty, she could be prohibited from running for public office in the future.
Despite Greene denying any recollection of making such statements under oath, recently revealed text messages obtained by CNN show otherwise. In a message to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on January 17, 2021, she wrote, “In our private chat with only Members, several are saying the only way to save our Republic is for Trump to call for Marshall law (sic). I don’t know on those things. I just wanted you to tell him. They stole this election. We all know. They will destroy our country next. Please tell him to declassify as much as possible so we can go after Biden and anyone else!”
A 2021 text message reveals that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene discussed using martial law to keep Pres. Trump in power. The revelation comes just days after she testified she didn’t recall doing so. https://t.co/e3JlMRxp74
— ABC News (@ABC) April 26, 2022
Regarding this contradiction, Ron Fein, legal director of Free Speech For People, the organization challenging Greene’s candidacy in Georgia, commented, “Marjorie Taylor Greene testified under oath that she could not remember telling Trump or his chief of staff to declare martial law to try to keep Trump in power, but her own texts reveal that she did exactly that.” Fein continued, “Anyone who ‘can’t remember’ whether they urged the White House Chief of Staff to talk to the President of the United States about declaring martial law can’t be trusted when they claim they ‘can’t remember’ their own engagement in insurrection.”
