milley received a. preemptive pardon from president biden, a pardon that. >> means. >> quote, general milley cannot be. >> court martialed. >> but a finding against him could lead to a decision to reduce his rank, even in retirement. in plain english. reduce his rank means potentially taking. away one of general milley's four stars. >> stars he. >> earned for. extraordinary bravery on the battlefield. >> and in. >> the theater of. >> war, leading our. brave men and. women in uniform. >> the details. >> matter here. >> this is just some of what four star. general mark milley did to earn those four stars. there's his extensive background of combat experience in egypt, panama, haiti, bosnia, iraq, afghanistan, somalia and colombia. there's general milley's long list of awards and honors from the army's distinguished service medal to the legion of merit, the national defense service medal, the afghanistan campaign medal, the global war on terrorism service medal. there are too many to actually list here, an

also taking out, for example, down the security detail for former general -- chief of staff mark milley. this is about retribution. and he is putting people's lives in danger, which is just unbelievable. and i wish more people would stand up. >> senator, thank you. >> thank you, margaret. >>> "face the nation" will be back in a minute. stay with us. the same way, you have... the fearless investor. the type a cpa. the boot strapper. the boot maker. hee-ha. but many do have something in common. we all trust schwab with our wealth. thanks to our award-winning service, low costs and transparent advice, every day, over a million multi-millionaires, trust schwab with more than three trillion dollars of their wealth. ♪♪ >>> we are ejoined by florida republican congressman brian mast, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee, oversight over the state department and programs. he joins us from fort pierce, florida. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i want to start first on the tariffs that were announced overnight by president trump. you know there is a free trade agreement with mexic

i am asking you your opinion, should general milley be tried for treason? mr. patel: vice president kamala harris or general milley or anyone otherwise will not be subjected to an fbi investigation of the rigors. sen. welch: as you know, president trump used the power of the pardon to let people who are cop-leaders out of jail. he also let drug dealers out of jail. you are. familiar with ross albert, he started the silk road, made millions of dollars selling drugs, providing a vehicle by which people could get things that were going to kill them, and people died. he also sought a couple of people to murder on his behalf, because who thought his empire was threatened. what is your opinion about trump pardoning this drug dealer and attempted murder? mr. patel: my opinion on pardons is one, i was not consulted. sen. welch: i am asking you your opinion. the person who created the dark web, drug dealer, should he be pardoned, in your opinion? mr. patel: it's not appropriate for me to talk about pardons. sen. welch: i am with you on that. ok, i am with you. i am just

because moments before he left office, he issued preemptive pardons to mark milley, members of the januarys well as five members of his own family. so just to be safe, i have legally changed my name to sara jones biden. we've already changed the sign on the outside of the building. even though he wasn't president until today, trump's presidential agenda kicked off yesterday. the widely anticipated tiktok ban went into effect on saturday night, and the black-out lasted 14 hours. it's what's being called "the most productive 14 hours in american history." meals were prepped, dentist appointments were made, emails were sent, conversations were had, children's names were relearned. it was devastating. during the outage, when users opened tiktok, they were met with a screen that said, "a law banning tiktok has been enacted in the u.s. we are fortunate that president trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate tiktok once he takes office." it was a pathetic, transparent ploy to suck up to trump that completely worked, because shortly after, trump posted "i'm asking c

for ending government security protection for a number of aides including mark pompeo with, mark milleyetail for life, but those decisions are supposed to be made on neutral assessments. pompeo, bolton and, hook are threatened by iran. the justice department even charged a member of iran's revolutionary guard with trying the hire a hit man to kill john bolton and trump, unfortunately, is is leaving them unprotected. paul: america ane. a a miss to to former new jersey senator bob menendez. he was sentenced to is 1 is years in prison -- 11 years in prison for a corruption scandal that famously involved accepting gold bars as a bribe, and when he was asked about, he blamed point the prosecutorial system, and he said i think trump was right. so he may well be correct about that, there definitely have been biased prosecutions, but the prosecutors had him absolutely dead to rights there, and he should be accepting blame and seeking remorse from the if public. paul: that's one pardon i don't think trump will grant dan. >> president trump's executive orders have been hard to keep track of, but