![]() In November, Trump also pardoned Clint Lorance, who was convicted of killing civilians and Matthew Golsteyn, who faced charges of killing an unarmed Afghan man he believed was a bomb maker. Gallagher isn’t the only accused war criminal with Trump’s sympathies. Navy secretary Richard Spencer objected to the special treatment of Gallagher and was subsequently asked to resign last month. Trump then reversed a decision to demote Gallagher after the conviction and prevented the Navy from removing his Trident pin, a badge of honor for the elite SEALs. Gallagher was convicted of posing for a photo with the detainee’s corpse and sentenced to time served. Gallagher was acquitted of most of the charges after a bizarre trial which included surprise testimony from a key witness who, after being granted immunity from prosecution, said he had been the one to kill the teenager. The president lambasted the prosecution, and ordered that Gallagher be moved from pretrial detention to house arrest. After Gallagher’s case was taken up by several of Trump’s allies in Congress and Fox News commentators, Trump repeatedly intervened in the trial. In 2018, based on the testimony of members of his unit, the platoon chief was charged with stabbing an unarmed teenage ISIS prisoner, posing for a photo with his corpse, and shooting random Iraqi civilians including an old man and a young girl. Gallagher certainly owes Trump some gratitude. □□ #TRUMP2020 post shared by Eddie & Andrea on at 8:45pm PST Finally got to thank the President and his amazing wife by giving them a little gift from Eddie’s deployment to Mosul.
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