Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is clearing the ranks of the military’s lawyers to “get them out of the way” of possibly illegal moves, according to current and former defense officials.

Hegseth fired Lt. Gen. Joe Berger, the Army’s top uniformed lawyer, early this year on the advice of the right-wing social media account LibsOfTikTok and he then removed the Air Force’s Judge Advocate General, Lt. Gen. Charles Plummer, describing both as “roadblocks to orders that are given by a commander-in-chief,” reported CNN.

“I see this as part of a grander plan to remove lawyers from the [military’s] operational forces and get them out of the way,” said a former senior defense official.

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