@TomHalstead · 17 Jan 2026 · 21:35
Confirmed: the DoD General Counsel, the Under Secretary (Comptroller), and the Judges Advocate General of the Army, Navy and Air Force were removed this evening. Escorted out. Acting appointments already named.
All five had entered statutory non-compliance findings.
To be clear about what happened tonight: the law did not fail. The law was enforced by five people, and the five people were removed.
A constraint that depends on a removable signature is a constraint on the signatory.
The General Counsel, the Comptroller, and the Judges Advocate General of three services are escorted out of the building by 16:00. Acting loyalists take the disbursement desks. The…