Scott O’Grady is a former fighter pilot who President Donald Trump has nominated for a senior position in the Pentagon. And according to CNN, he is also a Trump loyalist and far-right conspiracy theoristwho has been echoing Trump’s baseless claims of widespread voter fraud and shared tweets calling for martial law.
Trump supporters who have posted or forwarded tweets urging the president to declare martial law include attorney Lin Wood (who has been fighting President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia) and former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
According to CNN reporters Nathan McDermott, Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, O’Grady “retweeted an account that shared an article that said former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn had shared a petition that called for martial law. He then retweeted the same account which suggested that Trump should declare martial law.” Continue reading.