Don’t support deploying active-duty troops to respond to civil unrest in D.C.: Defense Sec.

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told reporters at the Pentagon on Wednesday he does not support invoking the Insurrection Act, a law from 1807 that would allow President Donald Trump to deploy active-duty U.S. troops to respond to civil unrest in cities across the country. Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters at the Pentagon on Wednesday that he does not support invoking the Insurrection Act, a law from 1807 that would allow President Donald Trump to deploy active-duty U.S. troops to respond to civ