Trump granted a clemency request from the defense team to reverse the reduction in rank (rank determines your retirement check). He serviced a prison sentence for the one guilty charge of posing with a dead body in a photograph, but was released as he'd already been in prison longer than the maximum sentence for that charge. He was found not guilty on 6 of 7 charges. Gallagher recently told Dan Taberski, host of the podcast "The Line," that "the grain of truth in the whole thing is that that ISIS fighter was killed by us and that nobody at that time had a problem with it." He was, however, convicted of posing for a photo with the enemy fighter's corpse and demoted.Īfter the trial, President Donald Trump restored Gallagher's rank and personally intervened when the Navy attempted to take away Gallagher's SEAL trident. Gallagher was charged with killing the wounded Islamic State fighter in Iraq in 2017 by stabbing him to death, but he was acquitted in 2019. “Retired Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher, who was found not guilty of murder in a high-profile war-crimes trial nearly two years ago, said in a podcast that aired Tuesday that he and his team practiced various medical procedures on an enemy combatant until he died, with no intention of saving him. Their has got to be other charges that don’t relate to trumps pardon. Untimed bans may be lifted when the moderators are confident that you will not continue to infringe on the community rules. Violation of our rules may result in a ban from this subreddit. See the wiki for details on each rule Disallowed comments Blogspam (if stolen content/direct copy).See all of our AMA events here Worldnews Rules Disallowed submissions r/worldnews is for major news from around the world except US-internal news / US politics
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