did trump announce help for a navy seal accused of war crimes

Gallagher also faces charges that he wrongfully intimidated members of his platoon from reporting his actions.Īttorneys for Gallagher argue their own investigation will show “a crime simply didn’t happen,” the Navy Times reported.Ī group of 40 Republican lawmakers wrote a letter to the U.S.

SEALs who served with Gallagher told military investigators they saw him shoot an adolescent girl wearing a flower-print hijab and an elderly man, according to the Navy Times. Navy SEALs junior to Gallagher are expected to testify that he also indiscriminately targeted civilians with a sniper rifle. The 50th District Republican said he would seek Trump’s pardon for Gallagher should he be convicted, and attributed the charges Gallagher faces to a “rigged” military justice system. Hunter said the video shows Gallagher “stabilizing an ISIS terrorist.” The video has not been released to the public.

A Navy criminal investigation accused Gallagher of stabbing and killing a captured Islamic State fighter - estimated to be about 16 years old - several times with his hunting knife before posing for pictures with the body, according to details reported by The New York Times.

Did trump announce help for a navy seal accused of war crimes