Paul Jay is a guest on Muslim Network TV discussing Trump's attempt to enlist a military intervention in the transfer of power and McConnell's role in the lack of security on Capitol Hill.

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Malik Mujahid

Salaam and peace. This is Malik Mujahid, and you are watching Muslim Network TV, we are there 24/7 on Galaxy 19 satellite as well as Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Apple TV, and of course you can download our apps, Muslim Network TV, or watch online muslimnetwork.tv, and if you're into watching everything on YouTube, we are there, but do remember to subscribe.

Today we will be talking about the politics of impeachment 2.0. There are many interesting, you know he [Trump] was impeached, but the Senate did not agree with the House, except that some of the senators did agree with the House, but not enough votes to punish former President Trump, but many interesting angles are coming out. The professor who was quoted by Trump's defense, that professor is going to be our guest. He's saying actually he was misquoted there, and we have someone who is not a constitutional lawyer, but with a keen eye on the development starting from the beginning of January about the military coup and why the police were incapable of dealing with all the crowds and things like that, and that is Paul Jay.

Welcome to Muslim Network TV, Paul.

Paul Jay

Thank you for inviting me.

Malik Mujahid

Paul Jay is a journalist and a filmmaker, is the founder and publisher of TheAnalysis.news and has been to the White House and Capitol Hill as a journalist, with passes and everything, and has good insight into that. So, Paul, tell me. You have a unique take on it. Do you think Trump actually was trying to have a military coup that didn't quite work out? So what is your thesis about it?

Paul Jay

Well, honestly, it's kind of my thesis in the sense that it's all out there in the public domain. It's just for reasons, I guess, we can get into, the media and the political class don't want to talk about because I think it reveals a great weakness and dysfunctionality in the American political structure, but essentially, what I've been able to piece together and I say it's nothing secret that it's all out there, but on January 4th, this is sort of the trigger into it, 10 former Secretaries of Defense from both parties organized by Dick Cheney, no less, apparently, issue a letter warning the Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, who had just recently been appointed by Trump after firing the previous secretary of defense, warning him in no uncertain terms not to interfere or let the military interfere in the outcome of the elections.

In a letter that comes out the same day by an admiral, I always mess up his name, it's a Greek name, [James G.] Stavridis. This is a retired admiral, but he's not just a retired admiral, he's also the former Supreme Commander of NATO, and he's also an operating executive board member of Carlyle Group, which is one of the largest private equity firms on Wall Street and a major investor in arms manufacturers, and the industrial-military complex.

He writes an op-ed column in Time magazine supporting the letter of the ten secretaries of defense. So they obviously think there is a real possibility because the admiral names Christopher Miller. He actually uses the words the secretary of defense doesn't have the "temperament to stand up to a willful president." So they are clearly concerned that Trump is leaning on his new secretary of defense not to get involved in the elections, and then the admiral says that the letter of the former secretaries of defense,