Gen. Mark Milley said he had calls with up to 60 different countries during the chaotic 2020 election period, assuring them the US was 'not going to do something crazy'

According to testimony released by the January 6 committee, Gen. Mark Milley said he had calls with counterparts in up to 60 countries to assure them that the US was stable.

Milley has been the top military adviser to the president since the beginning of the year. His testimony from the Capitol riot was released by the House Select committee on Sunday.

The committee was told by Milley that his calls went up after the election. He said he used the calls to promote a peaceful transfer of power and to report to them what he was seeing overseas as Donald Trump spread false claims about widespread fraud.

According to the transcript, Milley said that there was concern about the stability of the United States Government after the election.

Milley said that his calls to his counterpart in China during the last months of Trump's presidency have been well known. He said he made at least 50 phone calls to other people.

He said that there was a lot of effort to calm the waters, to make sure that people overseas understood that there was a stable government. It took a bit of effort.

The calls were about "steady in the saddle, safe landing, peaceful transfer of power, all of that," said Milley.

There were talks during the Trump administration about retaliating against retired military officers who were critical of the president. Several retired officers wrote op-eds that were very critical of then President Trump.

He was brought back on Active Duty, court-martialed, and made to walk the plank, right? Milley said that he advised them not to do that because he thought it would make politics worse.