Trump blocks Navy SEALS’ effort to oust convicted war criminal who posed with Iraqi corpse – By Lauren Floyd (Daily Kos) / Nov 21 2019
Even while he’s at the center of a fiery impeachment investigation, President Donald Trump prioritized reversing a U.S. Navy decision Thursday to oust a Navy SEAL official accused of shooting civilians and fatally stabbing a wounded teen captive with a hunting knife in Iraq in 2017.
Although Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher was ultimately acquitted of the most heinous charges against him, that didn’t hold true of a charge related to posing for a photo with the body of the slain captive, according to The New York Times. Members of his own platoon turned Gallagher in after the deployment, and he was demoted by one rank.
That didn’t stop the president from repeatedly sticking up for the convicted war criminal and even reversing his demotion.
“The Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher’s Trident Pin,” Trump tweeted Thursday. “This case was handled very badly from the beginning. Get back to business!”
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