Former President Donald Trump has always hated it when anyone criticizes him, but apparently, during his time in the White House, he even stooped so low as to push for the forcible recall of retired military officers who spoke out against him to be placed on active duty again so that they could be tried at court-martial and jailed.

That’s according to General Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, The Independent reports.

Milley is the highest-ranking military officer in the U.S., and as such, he is the chief military adviser to the president. He made this shocking admission while being interviewed by the House January 6 Select Committee.

Then-Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) had asked him whether he had any concerns about numerous inflammatory statements that were made by retired U.S. Army General Michael Flynn, whom Luria described as hoping to overthrow the U.S. government. Milley noted that “anyone” who retires from the military and receives retirement pay is “still subject to the Uniform Code Military Justice for the rest of their life.”

The question about recalling retired officers for court-martial came up in “a couple cases during the Trump administration,” Milley told the committee.

“There was a couple of editorials written by retired flag officers that you would recognize their names — that were very critical of then-President Trump, highly criticial of President Trump. And there was actually discussions with me: Bring him back on Active Duty, court-martial him, you know, make him walk the plank sort of thing,” Milley said.

This isn’t the first time Milley’s allegations have been reported on. Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper also noted this in a book he wrote. Milley’s remarks under oath provide additional confirmation that Trump sought to punish his critics.

Milley told Luria (who is, herself, a retired U.S. Navy officer) that he advised against doing this because it would “further politicize” the U.S. military.

The retired general also said that Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI as the bureau investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election, only to be pardoned by Trump, later on, is “saying things and doing things” that he “absolutely, fundamentally disagree[s] with on so many levels.” Even so, Milley warned that recalling Flynn to active duty “to court-martial him and subject him to crimes based on the Uniform Code of Military Justice is a giant step.”

“I’m not saying it can’t be done or shouldn’t be done. I’m just saying that that would be a presidential decison. It would need to be rigorously thought out, with all the puts and takes and all the costs and risks and benefits, not something that should be done lightly,” he said.

As to whether to recall Flynn, Milley said his advice would be the same as what he told Trump when the former president pushed to forcibly recall detractors, including Admiral William McRaven, the former Joint Special Operations Command head who oversaw the raid that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden.

“I would say: Not yet, no. I don’t think it rises to that level,” he said. “I think that’s a very serious thing, though, and it further politicizes. And I’m really concerned about politicizing the military.”

Trump has never been able to handle criticism, so it’s not really all that surprising that he’d call for someone’s court-martial. But now special counsel Jack Smith has returned from Europe after a brief hospital stay for a leg injury and Trump may soon be facing his own karma and an orange jumpsuit.

We hope.