Current Events > Trump intervenes to dismiss war crimes charges against US soldiers

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https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/11/04/trump-restore-seal-gallaghers-rank-dismiss-soldiers-war-crimes-charges-report.html

President Donald Trump will intervene in the cases against three troops who were accused of war crimes by dismissing charges against two soldiers and restoring the rank of a Navy SEAL, Fox News reported Monday.

Trump is expected to speak to Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy about Army 1st Lt. Clint Lorance and Maj. Matt Golsteyn, Fox News reported.

Lorance, a former platoon commander, is serving a 19-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, after he was convicted of murdering two men in Afghanistan and attempting to kill a third. Golsteyn is facing a court-martial after admitting to killing a suspected bomb maker in Afghanistan in 2010. The men were unarmed at the times of their deaths.

The president is also expected to restore Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher's rank to chief petty officer, according to Fox. That would reverse a decision made by the Navy's top officer last week that would see Gallagher retiring at the E-6 paygrade.

Gallagher was recently found guilty of posing for a photo with a war casualty. He had also been accused of killing an unarmed Islamic State fighter and Iraqi civilians, but was found not guilty of those charges.

Fox reported that Trump is expected to act on the three cases within a week.

"This president recognizes the injustice of you train someone to go fight and kill the enemy, then they go kill the enemy in the way someone doesn't like, and we put them in jail or throw the book at them," Pete Hegseth, host of "Fox and Friends," said when announcing the development. "... With Veterans Day coming up, action is imminent at the president's level -- I can confirm that."

Defense officials referred questions about the cases to the White House. White House officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Tim Parlatore, who represents Gallagher, said Trump restoring his client's rank to chief shows leadership.

"That's what we want a commander in chief to do: To pay attention to what's going on in the military and [take action] when they see an injustice," Parlatore told Military.com. "As much as everyone wants to say he shouldn't interfere, his title is commander in chief. He does have an obligation to make sure things are running correctly."

Hegseth said Trump "has a lot of latitude under the Uniform Code of Military Justice to dismiss a case or change a sentence."

Golsteyn's attorney told Task & Purpose he's grateful the president is taking action ahead of the officer's court-martial, and Lorance's lawyer told the outlet he hopes Trump's move will allow the soldier to be "released immediately from Leavenworth" and returned to active duty.

Parlatore said Gallagher is facing further punishment from his command, which the attorney said is threatening to strip the SEAL of his trident as early as Monday.

"It's an interesting test to see what they do after this, because if they decide to move forward on this after the letter I sent and what the president did this morning, that would really show such a lack of judgment," Parlatore said.

Navy Special Warfare Command did not respond to questions about whether Gallagher would lose his trident. Parlatore sent a strongly worded letter to Rear Adm. Colin Green, head of the command, on Sunday, warning that the move would be unlawful.

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Trump praising war criminals and protecting them?

Yep, sounds about right.
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Disgusting

Traitor trump
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Trump keeps on being a piece of shit.

To the surprise of absolutely zero planetary life forms.
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How fucking embarrassing.
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The big guy loves crimes
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trump needs to spend every second of the rest of his life in the smallest prison cell possible
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Crono99 posted...

It's a smart political move though. Scummy as hell, but smart. It goads democrats into criticising him for it, which allows him to say that democrats protect terrorists.

This will make zero difference in terms of Trump's electability.
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Here is a great opinion piece on this shit from a few weeks ago, pissed me off so much.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/10/24/navy-seals-problem-edward-gallagher-donald-trump-editorials-debates/4069528002/

He was literally in possession of stolen equipment and drugs (Navy has zero tolerance policy on drugs, it's an automatic outprocessing for that... or, it should be).

And he was trolling an admiral on instagram.
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Hexenherz posted...

Here is a great opinion piece on this shit from a few weeks ago, pissed me off so much.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/10/24/navy-seals-problem-edward-gallagher-donald-trump-editorials-debates/4069528002/

He was literally in possession of stolen equipment and drugs (Navy has zero tolerance policy on drugs, it's an automatic outprocessing for that... or, it should be).

And he was trolling an admiral on instagram.

trump is such a fucking moron.

he also dodged the vietnam draft with his daddys influence. total coward.

respecting and enforcing the chain of command in the military is rule #1 and he just ruined it
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I'd like to think he has a good reason for this.
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Disgusting

TheRealDill2000 posted...

think

no, you dont.
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TheRealDill2000 posted...

I'd like to think he has a good reason for this.

You would like to think Trump has a good reason for everything, but he doesn't.

This shit undermines morale of other forces in the military and it undermines the integrity of core service values. There is nothing valiant in interfering in a legal proceeding in which due process was being observed.
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spudger posted...

TheRealDill2000 posted...

think

no, you dont.

Lol very true
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Antifar posted...

"This president recognizes the injustice of you train someone to go fight and kill the enemy, then they go kill the enemy in the way someone doesn't like, and we put them in jail or throw the book at them,"

The fuck?
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UnfairRepresent posted...

The fuck?

This so much. Reading that made me actually physically cringe.

I dont watch FoxNews, so I have no idea who Pete Hegseth is, but I suddenly feel confident in asserting that he is one of the dumbest fucks on the planet.

The US army is the largest terrorist organization in the world.
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Kami_no_Kami posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

The fuck?

This so much. Reading that made me actually physically cringe.

I dont watch FoxNews, so I have no idea who Pete Hegseth is, but I suddenly feel confident in asserting that he is one of the dumbest fucks on the planet.

If I recall correctly, he doesn't wash his hands.
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Trump is tough on crime, except when it's a war crime, or any crime committed by him or his swamp.
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