US EditionExclusive: Top lawyer for military joint chiefs told chairman that officers should retire if faced with an unlawful order
Brig. Gen. Eric Widmar advised commanders to consult legal counsel and consider retirement rather than protest or disobey unlawful orders amid scrutiny of military operations, CNN reported.
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'You should simply leave': Military officers told to resign if they face illegal order
The top lawyer for the nation's top general provided guidance for military commanders who believe they have been given an unlawful order, and not everyone agrees he provided good advice.Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine viewed a video in November showing six Democratic lawmakers urging U.S. troop...
Top Joint Chiefs lawyer gives guidance on how to respond to 'patently illegal' order
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth flew into a rage when, in a video posted online in November, Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin and other Democratic lawmakers urged members of the U.S. Armed Forces to disobey orders if they are clearly "illegal." Trump, on his Truth Social platform, described the video as "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!"— a claim that Florida International University Eric R. Carpenter denounc…
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