In a column published Sunday, January 3 in the
Washington Post
, the ten former American defense ministers still alive, including many Republicans, including Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, indirectly call on outgoing President Donald Trump to respect the result of the presidential election on November 3.
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“Our elections have taken place. Recounts and audits have been carried out. The appropriate remedies have been taken to the courts, which have responded to them. The governors certified the results. And the electoral college has voted. The time to question the results has passed; the time for the formal counting of the votes of the electoral college, as prescribed in the Constitution and the law, has arrived ”
, writes in particular the group of ten.
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The letter is signed by Dick Cheney, James Mattis, Mark Esper, Leon Panetta, Donald Rumsfeld, William Cohen, Chuck Hagel, Robert Gates, William Perry and Ashton Carter.