Top US military leaders condemn Capitol attack in rare joint message

Joint Chiefs of Staff said pro-Trump mob attack was an assault on America's constitutional process and against the law

The US military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, the uniformed leaders of the different military branches, on Tuesday put out a rare message to service members saying the pro-Trump mob attack on the US Capitol last week was an assault on America's constitutional process and against the law.

The joint message broke nearly a week of silence by the military leaders after the assault on the Capitol that followed a rally in Washington in which Donald Trump exhorted his most loyal followers to march down Pennsylvania Avenue to the seat of Congress and fight for lawmakers there to overturn his defeat by Joe Biden in November's election.