Top Legal Adviser to Joint Chiefs Is Stepping Down Nearly a Year Before Completing Term ^47.3%

www.propublica.org - By Raquel Rutledge - 7/8/2026, 10:25 PM

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The senior legal counsel to the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — the principal military adviser to President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — is stepping down nearly a year before his term is over, the latest in an exodus of the military’s top leaders and lawyers over the last 18 months. Brig. Gen. Eric Widmar told... more