General Milley’s spokesperson has confirmed Milley’s phone call and defended it as part of his duties:
Just in: Spokesman for @thejointstaff's Gen Mark Milley fires back over allegations regarding calls w/#China in October 2020 & January 2021
"The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs regularly communicates w/Chiefs of Defense across the world, including w/ #China & #Russia…" pic.twitter.com/G1xsc5T2dG
— Jeff Seldin (@jseldin) September 15, 2021
Note that nothing in the statement disputes the reporting that Milley told the Chinese that he would warn them if Trump sought to attack them. In other words, he’s not denying it. Probably because he’s proud of it or something.
Last night Levin ripped into Milley and the reporters who hid this for months just so they could make millions on a book: