Loomer Now Trying To Get Pentagon Lawyer Fired

Politico reports:

Far-right activist Laura Loomer has chosen her next target in her campaign against those she sees as disloyal to President Donald Trump: Col. Earl Matthews, Trump’s nominee to be the Pentagon’s top lawyer. Loomer, in a series of X posts on Tuesday and Wednesday, alleged that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was at risk of being “subverted and obstructed” by Matthews. The posts came after Matthews appeared before lawmakers on the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday for his nomination hearing.

Loomer’s targeting of Matthews also came less than a week after she took credit for persuading Trump to fire several top national security officials, including the director of the National Security Agency, Gen. Tim Haugh, over loyalty concerns. The conservative activist, who has a history of promoting conspiracy theories and Islamophobia, has established opposition research firm Loomer Strategies and has tried to get a contract to do vetting for the Presidential Personnel Office.

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