The commander of the arm of the U.S. military responsible for Donald Trump’s illegal military occupations of American cities said he is willing to conduct attacks on so-called designated terrorist organizations within the U.S.

This startling admission comes after months of extrajudicial killings of alleged members or affiliates of DTOs in the waters near Venezuela, which experts and lawmakers say are outright murders.

Gen. Gregory Guillot’s sopenness about the potential for unprecedented military action within U.S. borders comes as the White House, Pentagon, and Justice Department continue to refuse to rule out summary executions of Americans on Trump’s secret enemies list, after weeks of requests for clarifications from The Intercept.

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    if I had no concerns and I was confident in the lawful order, I would definitely execute that order

    Real big “if”. The rest of his testimony indicates he doesn’t think there’s any actual existence of domestic designated terrorist organizations.

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      That’s a very generous interpretation of his statement. What about this administration makes you feel comfortable downplaying the chance that he means something worse than the most charitable meaning you could assign to his words?

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        Reading the rest of his testimony makes me feel comfortable about judging his testimony.