The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff held an off-the-record video meeting with TV anchors from CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and Fox News in which he asserted that the U.S. military will not intervene in the aftermath of the presidential election.

According to Axios, "The nation's top military official set up Saturday's highly unusual call to make clear that the military's role is apolitical."

Mark Milley also sought to "dispel any notion of a role for the military in adjudicating a disputed election or making any decision around removing a president from the White House."

ABC's George Stephanopoulos, CBS's Norah O'Donnell, NBC's Lester Holt, CNN's Jim Sciutto and Fox's Martha MacCallum were all participants in the call.